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Unit of Study AAD72210 - Painting Representation and Narrative (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    A minimum 80% attendance record for all scheduled classes is required to qualify for a passing grade.

Unit description

Introduces students to a thorough grounding in technical and conceptual matters relevant to contemporary fine arts painting by looking at narrative and figuration. Students are provided with instruction in a range of synthetic polymer paints and can broaden into such areas as gouache, watercolours and various forms of mixed media. Students achieve a level of technical and practical competence in the production of their artwork. 

Unit content

  • History of figuration and narrative in painting
  • Technical skills development through painting
  • Understanding supports and materials
  • Scale and form in painting
  • Contemporary applications towards subject matter

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2018

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 produce artworks that establish students conceptual and practical skills in the production of painting as a means of creative expression
2 apply painting and other creative skills and strategies as a form of expression appropriate to the theme of the unit
3 analyse the place of painting in the field of current practices, nationally and internationally
4 discuss the theoretical context of their work, with a critical and creative attitude to contemporary visual culture.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. produce artworks that establish students conceptual and practical skills in the production of painting as a means of creative expression
    • GA2:
  2. apply painting and other creative skills and strategies as a form of expression appropriate to the theme of the unit
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. analyse the place of painting in the field of current practices, nationally and internationally
    • GA7:
  4. discuss the theoretical context of their work, with a critical and creative attitude to contemporary visual culture.
    • GA4: