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AH4185 Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Module coordinator

Dr E J Hanson

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Module Staff

Dr Emily Hanson

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Module description

The module will be organised as a chronological survey of Michelangelo's life, times, and work. This will allow to consider his artistic production in different media in a fluid and dynamic way. Each lecture will take up a significant aspect of the artist's works, as well as consider his many famous and some lesser-known masterpieces. The use of primary sources, both textual and visual, will be constant and consistent. Breakdown of lectures/topics: Week 1. Michelangelo's youth and early training; Florence and Bologna in the early 1490s; Week 2. First visit to Rome and early patrons; the Bacchus and the Piet脿; Week 3. The return to Florence and the David; the Battle of Cascina; the Taddei, Pitti and Doni Tondos; Week 4. Rome and the tomb of Julius II; Bologna and the return to Rome; Week 5. The Sistine Chapel; Week 6. The Medici Chapel; Week 7. The Laurentian Library; Week 8. Inventing a new aesthetic: the non-finito; Michelangelo's drawings 1520-40; Week 9. The Last Judgment; the Pauline Chapel; Week 10. Michelangelo's Roman architecture: Palazzo Farnese; San Giovanni dei Fiorentini; Week 11. Last works and death.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AH2001 AND PASS AH2002

Assessment pattern

100% continuous assessment

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 x 1-hour lectures (x 11 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

33

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.