Unit information: Sculpture in 2009/10

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Unit name Sculpture
Unit code HART10135
Credit points 20
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Victoria Mier
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of History of Art (Historical Studies)
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will introduce students to the conceptual issues and historical context of sculpture from antiquity to the present. The unit will examine the special problems associated with three-dimensional works of art and the ways in which sculpture reflects the natural world. The function of these works and the artists who made them will also comprise part of this investigation.