Postgraduate taught 

Book & Paper Conservation MPhil

Testimonies on Practice: Book and Paper HISTART5151

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course presents students with historical documentary and visual testimonies on artistic practice from the eleventh century to the present. A historiographic review of the key primary art technological texts on artists' techniques relevant to books and paper will be the focus of the course. Primary sources may include Archives & Special Collections, The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh and artists' studio archives.

Timetable

Lecture: 1 x 1 hr over 5 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Seminar: 1 x 1 hr over 5 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

1x2hr Workshop in special collections

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Essay (2500 words) - 100%

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

This course aims to:

 

■ Provide detailed knowledge of key documentary and visual sources, on artists' techniques and materials across a wide historical range.

■ Provide a theoretical and historical context for interpreting such sources.

■ Provide students with the methodology to study such sources, as well as the tools to arrive at a correct interpretation.

■ Critically address the ways in which traditional notions of artists' practice can be evaluated through primary source material

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Apply the studied methodology and interpretative skills to primary art technological sources.

■ Interpret and contextualise a broad range of source material on techniques and materials across the full historical spectrum covered by the course.

■ Apply knowledge of historical source material to the examination of artworks in books and on paper.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.