Eye-catchers from art and archaeology

6 ECTS credits
160 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1008497ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Charlotte Pannier (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture

Course Content

The student receives a general overview of art and material culture in Western Europe from the Paleolithic up to and including the 20th century. The works of art, objects or other expressions of the material culture are discussed in their respective historical context, however, the course aims in the first place to offer a broad framework in which artists and (art)objects can be situated. Attention will also be paid to the observation, correct description and different methods of interpretation of an artwork.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Een selectie van het beeldmateriaal is te vinden, Canvas

Additional info

The student takes lectures notes. The Powerpoint presentations of each class is avaliable on the learning platform Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students can recognize a number of artworks (author, title, time, place, style)

Students can organize their observation (space, color, figures, light, texture)

Students can describe an artwork and use the terminology accurately

Students can recognize the different methods of interpretation (style, iconology, gender study, social study)

Students can memorize and explain art historical concepts

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

examen schrift. with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

30%: permanent evaluation (small memorisation tests during each class)

70%: written exam

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context