CODE | ART3019 | ||||||||||||
TITLE | Art in Malta 5: Twentieth-Century Visual Culture | ||||||||||||
UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||
DESCRIPTION | This study-unit examines the evolution of the story of Art in Malta during the twentieth century and analyses the visual and social factors that conditioned the birth and consolidation of the modern movement. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to bring students in contact with the history of twentieth -century modern art in Malta. The unit is designed to provide a broad overview of all the art movements and artists who determined and defined the evolution of modernism in Malta. A main aim of the study-unit is to forge links between the visual and the cultural. Critical analysis, research oriented discussion and debate is expected. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding The study-unit is directed towards a systematic understanding of the evolution and interaction between the various artists, schools of artistic thought and art movements. At the end of the study-unit the student will be in a better position to critically analyse the art-historical, philosophical and art-theoretical demanded by the need of an evaluation of Maltese art history of the twentieth century. 2. Skills The lectures give the student the necessary skills to appreciate, evaluate and contextualise the position of the relationship between Maltese and international debate revolving around the history of twentieth century modernism. By the end of the study-unit the student will be in a position to appreciate better and to delve deeper into modern art works and concepts evolving within the Malta art scene. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - J.P. Cassar (ed.), Pioneers of Modern Art in Malta, Volumes I and II, Malta 2011 - V. Fenech (ed.), Malta: Six Modern Artists, Malta University Services, Malta, 1991 - Schembri Bonaci, G., The Unreality of Realism Maltese Modern Art Series: History & Theory Volume 1, Malta 2019 - C. Attard (ed.), Antoine Camilleri, A World Within, Malta 2023 - Cassar JP and Borg L, The Art and Life of George Fenech 1926-2011, Malta 2012 - Cassar JP, Carmelo Mangion, His Life and Works 1905-1997, Malta 2008 - Attard C, Guzeppi Briffa, Visual Possibilities in a Culture Resistant to Change in Mark Sagona (ed), Identity of an Island Gozo: Art between Past and Present, Malta 2022 - Bugeja G., Antonio Sciortino The Lost Album, Malta 2015 - Attard C, Gianni Vella, The lIfe and Works of a Tewntieth-Century Maltese Artist, Malta 2013 - Vella T, Vincenzo Bonello His Legacy in Heritage, Malta 2013. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Christian Attard |
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