Module Details

Module Code: BUSS H4706
Module Title: Irish Art & Design
Title: Irish Art & Design
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 10
Module Coordinator: Janette Davies
Module Author:: Ciara Healy Musson
Domains:  
Module Description: This module introduces students to a range of contemporary and historical Irish artists and designers whose work responds to site-specific locations, histories and cultures. It seeks to develop research skills, written and verbal articulacy and to encourage an environment of discussion and informed critical awareness inspired by place-based public art both in Ireland and internationally. The relationship between histories of landscape and histories of geographies are also contextualised in this module. Students are invited to consider how contemporary place-based artists address current socio-ecological issues today through their collaborations with urban, rural and marginalized communities.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Demonstrate through writing and presentations an understanding of Irish Visual Art & Design movements.
LO2 Demonstrate an effective well researched independent visual analysis of an Irish work of art or design.
LO3 Demonstrate through writing, group discussion and presentation, a detailed understanding of the social, political and economic contexts in which art & design works, particularly public work, emerges.
LO4 Communicate an understanding of the role curators play in protecting and managing art and design work in the public realm through writing, group discussion and presentation.
LO5 Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of art and design to the tourism, heritage and public realm sectors in Ireland through presentation, group discussion and essay writing.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
An introduction to Site-specific and Public Art.
This module presents a comprehensive survey of key national and international artists who mediate culture and heritage through their creative practice. It will focus in particular on art that responds to site-specific locations, histories and cultures. It seeks to develop research skills, written and verbal articulacy and to encourage an environment of discussion and informed critical awareness inspired by place-based public art both in Ireland and abroad. This module encourages students to explore the ways in which site-specific and public art practices have contributed to the construction of identity and memory in the 20th and 21st Century. Students are also invited to consider how contemporary place-based artists address current socio-ecological issues through collaborations with urban, rural and marginalized communities.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 80
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
A written analysis of an Irish art work. This essay must address the social and cultural context the work. The essay must demonstrate an understanding of the significance the work plays in the tourism and event management sector in Ireland as well as making a case for its conservation and protection.
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 20
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
A comparative analysis presentation on both an Irish and international art or design work and the role it plays in enriching the cultural landscape in which it is situated.
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Exam Board
It is at the discretion of the Examination Board as to what the qualifying criteria are.
Reassessment Description
Marks for essays and presentations are collected at the end of the semester. If a student fails to complete an essay, re-assessment can take place if the student obtains the agreement of the tutor to submit completed work at the end of the semester. If a student fails to make a presentation then a written assignment should be set instead.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Contact Hours Contact Irish Art & Design 12 Weeks per Stage 6.00 72
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Irish Art & Design 15 Weeks per Stage 5.93 89
Total Weekly Contact Hours 6.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Contact Hours Contact Irish Art & Design 12 Weeks per Stage 3.00 36
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Irish Art & Design 15 Weeks per Stage 5.93 89
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Arnold, B. (1992), Mainie Jellett and The Modern Movement in Ireland, Yale University Press, [ISBN: 978-030005463].
  • Harrison and Wood. Art in Theory 1900-2000, Blackwell, [ISBN: 978-063122708].
  • Rendell, J. (2010), Site-Writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism, I.B. Tauris, [ISBN: 978-184511999].
  • Miwon Kwon. (2004), One Place After Another, MIT Press, p.218, [ISBN: 026261202X].
  • Bruce Arnold. (1977), Irish Art A Concise History, [ISBN: 050020148X].
  • Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch. (2015), 50 Works of Irish Art You Need to Know, Gill Books, p.144, [ISBN: 0717166554].
  • Claire Bishop. (2012), Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship, Verso Books, p.382, [ISBN: 1844676900].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • Public Art Resource in Ireland.
  • Visual Arts Ireland Resource.
  • National Irish Visual Arts Library.
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