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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Visual Culture: Modernism to Post Modernism
Module Code	CM270
School	School of Communications
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Module Teacher	Des McGuinness
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

The focus of Visual Culture: Modernism to PoMo is art, architecture and the city from Realism to the cultural turn of postmodernism. Theories and practices of the modernist avant-garde (Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism et al) and contemporary art and architecture will form a centrepiece of the module, so too the sociology of cities. The module will address questions or composition, content, form, innovation, representation and structure, as well as developing student’s knowledge of semiotics of the image. Within the framework of postmodernism and its critique the topics of hybridity and cultural identities will be analysed. While international in scope the impact of both modernism and postmodernism on Irish visual culture will be critically explored.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify examples from art and architecture that exemplify representational forms of modernism and postmodernism.
2. Distinguish the difference between modernist and postmodernist art and architecture.
3. Interpret key theories on the city and urban planning.
4. Account for the representational break between 19th century Realism and 20th century modernist avant-garde.
5. Interpret and apply theoretical concepts associated with both modernism and postmodernism within the context of seminar presentations and academic assignments.
6. Reference both text and image in terms of the Harvard System.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	As linsted in 'Indicative Content'
Seminars	12	Based on core readings
Independent learning time	89	Seminar and Assignment Research and Writing
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Engaging with key concepts on art and architecture.
From Realism to the Modernist avant-garde.

Russian Realism to Modernism.
Irish Art and Modernism.

The Modern City.
Modernist Architecture.

Adorno, Berman, Benjamin and Harvey on Moderism.
Postmodernism: Continuation, Implosion or Transcendence of Modernism.

Post/modernism and the city.
Postmodernist architecture.

Currents in contemporary visual arts..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Essay	Academic essay based on lecture ideas	100%	Sem 1 End

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Robert Hughes: 0, The Shock of the New,
David Harvey: 0, The Condition of Postmodernity,
Marshall Berman: 0, All that is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity,
Dorothy Walker: 0, Modern Art in Ireland,
Pam Meecham and E J Sheldon: 0, Modern Art,
Frederic Jameson: 0, Postmodernism: the Logic of Late Capitalism,

Other Resources

None

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Programme or List of Programmes

BSSAO

Study Abroad (DCU Business School)

HMSAO

Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science)

SHSAO

Study Abroad (Science & Health)

Timetable this semester: Timetable for CM270

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