School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Painting Studio 2
  • Unit Code

    VIS3120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Working from studio arrangements and external site visits, students will undertake both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. This unit addresses the history and contemporary practice of painting. Students will be encouraged to develop creative personal responses in their image making that are informed and enhanced through theoretical and practice-led dialogues.The program will allow for an engagement with a variety of painting materials.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must complete VIS2120

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2506 and then VIS3530

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create paintings and drawings that are representative of informed research methodologies.
  2. Demonstrate the relationship between form and content in their work.
  3. Differentiate between different cultural approaches of painting practice.
  4. Discuss both perceptual and conceptual approaches in painting used by other artists to investigate the object, body and/or site.

Unit Content

  1. Art historical and cross-cultural practices in painting.
  2. Critical analysis of paintings in progress.
  3. Interpretive approaches to perceptual painting.
  4. The relationship between drawing and painterly studies.
  5. The role of paint and painting processes in the development of ideas.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Demonstrations. Seminars. Workshops. Field trips. Reviews and assessments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectStudio Based Project30%
ProjectResearch-based project70%

Text References

  • Gombrich, E. (2002). Art and illusion: A study in the psychology of pictorial representation. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon.
  • Bell, J. (1999). What is painting?: Representation and modern art. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson.

Website References


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Painting Studio 2
  • Unit Code

    VIS3120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Working from studio arrangements and external site visits, students will undertake both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. This unit addresses the history and contemporary practice of painting. Students will be encouraged to develop creative personal responses in their image making that are informed and enhanced through theoretical and practice-led dialogues.The program will allow for an engagement with a variety of painting materials.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must complete VIS2120

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2506 and then VIS3530

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create paintings and drawings that are representative of informed research methodologies.
  2. Demonstrate the relationship between form and content in their work.
  3. Differentiate between different cultural approaches of painting practice.
  4. Discuss both perceptual and conceptual approaches in painting used by other artists to investigate the object, body and/or site.

Unit Content

  1. Art historical and cross-cultural practices in painting.
  2. Critical analysis of paintings in progress.
  3. Interpretive approaches to perceptual painting.
  4. The relationship between drawing and painterly studies.
  5. The role of paint and painting processes in the development of ideas.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Demonstrations. Seminars. Workshops. Field trips. Reviews and assessments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectStudio Based Project30%
ProjectResearch-based project70%

Text References

  • Gombrich, E. (2002). Art and illusion: A study in the psychology of pictorial representation. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon.
  • Bell, J. (1999). What is painting?: Representation and modern art. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson.

Website References


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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