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Art History and Visual Studies A, 30 credits

Swedish name: Konst- och bildvetenskap A

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Course code: 1KB000

Credit points: 30

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Art History and Visual Studies: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Culture and Media Studies

Revised by: Head of Department of Culture and Media Studies, 2021-02-15

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2021 week 36

Modern art, 1851-1929 : capitalism and representation
Brettell Richard R.
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 1999 : ix, 258 s. :
ISBN: 0192842730
Mandatory
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Women, Art, and Society
Chadwick Whitney
Thames Hudson Ltd : 2020 :

ISBN: 9780500204566
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Art Since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism
Foster Hal
3. ed. : London : Thames & Hudson : 2016 : 896 s. :
ISBN: 9780500239537
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Art in theory, 1900-2000 : an anthology of changing ideas
Harrison Charles, Wood Paul
2. rev. ed : Malden, Mass. : Blackwell : 2003 : 1258 s. :
ISBN: 0-631-22708-3
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Konst och visuell kultur i Sverige.
Johannesson Lena
Stockholm : Signum : 2007 : 357, [2] s. :
ISBN: 978-91-87896-88-0 (inb.)
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Art Criticism and the State of Feminist Art Criticism
Deepwell Katy
Arts (Basel), 2020, Vol.9 (1), p.28 : 2020 :
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_7479e999a55f42a8a43f10db4eb75172
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The state of art criticism
Elkins James, Newman Michael
New York : Routledge : 2008 : x, 410 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-415-97787-6
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How To Look at Mondrian?
Elkins James
Huffington Post Blog : 2017 :
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/post_1036_b_756669
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Kontemporalism : om samtidskonstens historia och framtid
Karlholm Dan
Stockholm : Axl Books : 2014 : 359 s. :
ISBN: 9789186883287
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Exhibit labels : an interpretive approach
Serrell Beverly.
2. ed. : Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield : 2015 : XI, 363 S. :
Inhaltsverzeichnis
ISBN: 9781442249028
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Contemporary art : a very short introduction
Stallabrass Julian
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2006 : 154 s. :
ISBN: 9780192806468 (hft.)
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The Dress of Thought : Form and style in contemporary art writing
Thompson Susannah
Journal of Writing in Creative Practice : 2017 :
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/scopus2-s2.0-85041696173
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Pressures on art criticism : what is an independent art critic today?
Tillberg Margareta
Lund : The Swedish Art Critics Association Press : cop. 2009 : 146 s. :
ISBN: 9789163349607
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How to write about contemporary art
Williams Gilda
London : Thames & Hudson : 2014 : 264 s. :
ISBN: 9780500291573
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Bäst i text : läseboken : skrivboken
Dalström Tomas
3. uppl. : Ystad : Meetings International Publishing : 2014 : 57, 198 s. :

Konsten att skriva en fotnot : vetenskaplig formalia för humanister
Götlind Anna, Linnarsson Magnus
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2015 : 106 s. :
ISBN: 9789144103365
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Bästa språktipsen
Mattson Anki
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Prodicta : [2012] : 127 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-979932-1-0
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Women, Art, and Society
Chadwick Whitney
Thames Hudson Ltd : 2020 :

ISBN: 9780500204566
Mandatory
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The global contemporary art world
Harris Jonathan
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell : 2017 :
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1v5n3j5/alma9921510663404996

Art Since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism
Foster Hal
3. ed. : London : Thames & Hudson : 2016 : 896 s. :
ISBN: 9780500239537
Mandatory
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Konst och visuell kultur i Sverige.
Johannesson Lena
Stockholm : Signum : 2007 : 357, [2] s. :
ISBN: 978-91-87896-88-0 (inb.)
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Theorizing digital cultural heritage : a critical discourse
Cameron Fiona., Kenderdine Sarah.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press : [2010] : x, 465 p. :
ISBN: 9780262514118
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Contemporary art and digital culture
Gronlund Melissa
London : Routledge : 2017 :
ISBN: 9781138936447
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A companion to digital art
Paul Christiane
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell : 2016. : 608 p. :
ISBN: 9781118475201
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AI Art. Machine Visions and Warped Dreams
Zylinska Joanna
Open Humanities Press CIC : 2020 :
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1v5n3j5/alma9921647762604996
Mandatory

Valid from: 2021 week 35

Modern art, 1851-1929 : capitalism and representation
Brettell Richard R.
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 1999 : ix, 258 s. :
ISBN: 0192842730
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Women, Art, and Society
Chadwick Whitney
Thames Hudson Ltd : 2020 :

ISBN: 9780500204566
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Art Since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism
Foster Hal
3. ed. : London : Thames & Hudson : 2016 : 896 s. :
ISBN: 9780500239537
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Konst och visuell kultur i Sverige.
Johannesson Lena
Stockholm : Signum : 2007 : 357, [2] s. :
ISBN: 978-91-87896-88-0 (inb.)
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Vad är grejen? : 4 steg till din första journalistiska artikel
Ahlmér Anneli
Enskede : Byline : 2012 : 78 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-980088-0-7
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Vad är grejen med samtidskonst? : en handbok för nyfikna
Olsson Angelica, Lundmark Karin
Göteborg : Kultur i Väst : 2016 : 73 s. :
Mandatory

Contemporary art : a very short introduction
Stallabrass Julian
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2006 : 154 s. :
ISBN: 9780192806468 (hft.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

How to write about contemporary art
Williams Gilda
London : Thames & Hudson : 2014 : 264 s. :
ISBN: 9780500291573
Mandatory
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Bäst i text :b en bok
Dalström Tomas, Dalström Tomas, Dalström Tomas
Stockholm : Koala Publishing : [2007] : 59, 179 s. :
http://www.bastitext.se
ISBN: 978-91-975165-7-0
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Bästa språktipsen
Mattson Anki
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Prodicta : [2012] : 127 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-979932-1-0
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Women, Art, and Society
Chadwick Whitney
Thames Hudson Ltd : 2020 :

ISBN: 9780500204566
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

The global contemporary art world
Harris Jonathan
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell : 2017 :
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1v5n3j5/alma9921510663404996

Art Since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism
Foster Hal
3. ed. : London : Thames & Hudson : 2016 : 896 s. :
ISBN: 9780500239537
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Konst och visuell kultur i Sverige.
Johannesson Lena
Stockholm : Signum : 2007 : 357, [2] s. :
ISBN: 978-91-87896-88-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Contemporary art and digital culture
Gronlund Melissa
London : Routledge : 2017 :
ISBN: 9781138936447
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Digital art
Paul Christiane
3. ed. : London : Thames & Hudson : 2015 : 272 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-500-20423-8
Mandatory
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