Art and the City I (V4048A)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll focus on the physical and social contexts for the production of art and architecture in Rome and other global cities.

You’ll examine different types of space, urban geographies, and material and social histories in urban contexts.

Topics covered include:

  • sacred, public and private spaces
  • materials
  • vocabularies of art
  • organisation of space
  • changing spaces.

You’ll learn how to:

  • interpret questions around the global city
  • navigate urban space through case studies across a broad timeframe
  • interact with urban space, rather than objects in museum collections
  • interpret art and architecture on-site
  • record the built environment in various ways, including:
    • using sketchbooks
    • take detailed on-site notes
    • using a 360-degree camera
    • taking sound recordings. 

Teaching

100%: Lecture

Assessment

100%: Coursework (Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: