Medieval Art & Medievalisms: Research Skills & Methods - HOA00093M
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- Department: History of Art
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Nicola Sinclair
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
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Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
- See module specification for other years:
2021-22
Module will run
Occurrence |
Teaching period |
A |
Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- To provide guidance regarding expectations for MA work and advanced scholarly research specialising in Medieval Art and Medievalisms
- To help students make the transition from undergraduate to MA and (potentially) PhD work
- To familiarize students with principal archival, bibliographic and art-historical resources for Medieval Art and Medievalisms
- To introduce a range of significant methodologies and insights from the forefront of Medieval Art and Medievalisms
- To encourage students to adopt and adapt methodologies to suit their own developing intellectual interests and specialism
- To demonstrate how art and architectural historical knowledge and methodology develop within a community of scholars
Module learning outcomes
- To be familiar with archival, bibliographic and art-historical resources relevant to their own Medieval Art and Medievalisms specialism
- To be able to deploy appropriate scholarly conventions in their own work
- To be familiar with a range of methodologies significant for the art historical study of Medieval Art and Medievalisms
- To know how to apply and adapt methodologies appropriate to their specialism
- To be able to develop independent research within the context of previous scholarship
Indicative assessment
Task |
Length |
% of module mark |
Essay/coursework Dissertation portfolio |
N/A
|
100 |
Special assessment rules
Non-compensatable
Indicative reassessment
Task |
Length |
% of module mark |
Essay/coursework Dissertation portfolio |
N/A
|
100 |
Module feedback
Feedback on summative assessment within 20 working days.
Indicative reading
- Herbert L. Kessler, Seeing Medieval Art, 2004
- Veronica Sekules, Medieval Art, 2001
- Michael Alexander, Medievalism, 2007
- Donald Preziosi, ed., The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology, 2nd ed. 2009
- Michael Hatt and Charlotte Klonk, Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods, 2006