9 ECTS credits
225 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020902ANW for working students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om dit vak te kunnen registreren moet je geslaagd zijn voor het Werkcollege Kunstwetenschappen en Archeologie en moet je minstens 30 stp. behaald hebben in de bachelor. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen. Vakcodes die eindigen op 'W' kunnen enkel door werkstudenten geregistreerd worden.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Eva Lieve Janssens
Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
130 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The goal of the Seminar Methods of Art Science is to practice fundamental scientific skills within the art sciences. The seminar is divided into two parts. The first part practices perceptive qualities which are essential for a high quality scientific art practice. The exercises during the lessons will be primarily focused on iconography and formal characteristics. The difficulty and complexity will gradually rise with the exercises.

In the second part of the seminar, students will go through all phases of an art scientific research. Building on the knowledge and skills from the Seminar Art Sciences and Archeology students will independently conduct research of a specific art work. The heuristics will look for both primary and secondary sources. The research that is about the critical status questionis and the extended analysis of the art work will result in a first scientific article.

During regular moments of contact during the seminar and permanent availability by email, students get the chance to report about their scientific findings and activities.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Hall's Iconografisch Handboek, Onderwerpen, symbolen en motieven in de beeldende kunst, James Hall, Primavera Pers, 9789074310055, 2009
Additional info

To follow this seminar an additional fee to the invoice of the Student Administration Centre is mandatory: the maximum cost for the museum visits is 16 euros. Moreover, the student will have to buy Hall’s Iconografisch Handboek which is available for 20 euros. The total amount of additional costs thus contains 36 euros. These expenses are to be borne by the student and cannot be attributed to fellow students, the lecturer or the faculty. The amounts are estimates and are presented as accurately as possible.

The Social Student Services at the VUB grants financial aid on some occasions. Contact info: sociale.dienst.studenten@vub.ac.be or +32 2 629 23 15 (see https://student.vub.be/en/social-service#financial-support).

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  1. The students will gain perceptive qualities essential for an art scientist
  2. The students can discuss an art work at pre-iconographic level
  3. The students can analyze an art work at an iconographic level
  4. The students catch the complexity of different museum contexts of art works and understand that this plays a crucial role in the way in which an art work is perceived by the audience
  5. The students are able to make connections between the context of the portrail, the painting and style
  6. The students will study an art work on the basis of primary and secondary sources in an independent manner
  7. The students are able to create a critical status question is with the art works studied

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 20% of the final mark.
PRAC Paper determines 80% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Dagelijks werk with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Within the PRAC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Eindscriptie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation consists of the following categories:

  • Daily work (seminar assignments and 2 museum visit assignments) is 20% of the final grade
  • Seminar paper is 80% of the final grade

 

The grade for daily work can be kept for the retakes in the second session.

The final grade can only be rewarded if the student completes 3/4 of the daily work assignments.

The utilization of generative AI tools for assignments is permissible under the condition that such tools are employed responsibly and with unwavering integrity. It is mandatory to explicitly declare the application of generative AI, adhering to the guidelines outlined on Canvas.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Art Studies and Archaeology: Profile Profile Art Studies and Archaeology (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)