This programme focuses closely on the visual and historical specificities of the subject; the core teaching has students examining the politically oppositional and �transgressive� impulses of the avant-garde; students interpret �transgression� in the widest sense and in relation to a range of diverse historical contexts: e.g. the anti-art concerns of Dada; the political tensions arising from conflicts between nationalist and internationalist currents in central European art early in the 20th century; the Nietzschian/Bataillean testing of the boundaries of conventional moral positions, particularly regarding sexual identity and the body; the optional courses available to you are closely geared to the research interests of the staff, their content will draw upon current exhibitions and debates.
Core courses: research forum; research and professional skills; theories of the Avant Garde; readings in Duchamp: anti-art, blasphemy, sexuality; Dada in Switzerland and Germany; optional courses from the College of Arts: a humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) course: 2D Digitisation (Theory and Practice); a course from the MLitt Modernities: Modernism, Modernity & Post-Modernity run by English Literature; and a course from elsewhere in the College of Arts, subject to the approval of the programme convenor; or from these courses run by History of Art: art in the making: modern & Avant-Garde techniques; independent study ; and a work placement.
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Sep |
12 months |
Full time | No application date provided |
Glasgow, G12 8QQ |
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£4500 per year |
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Sep |
24 months |
Part-time | No application date provided |
Glasgow, G12 8QQ |
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Research course
University of Glasgow
Politics, Art

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