Contextual Studies 1 Introduction Piet Mondrian Composition 1921

Contextual Studies 1 Introduction

Piet Mondrian, Composition, 1921

Gerrit Reitveld, Red and Blue Chair, 1923

Rietveld-Schroeder house, 1924

Mondrian-inspired Nike trainers

The White Stripes, album cover

Cutler & Gross ‘Mondrian’ sunglasses, 2013

Yves St Laurent, Winter collection, 1965

Mondrian inspired cake!

Roger Hiorns, Seizure, 2011

Seizure, 2011 (detail)

Masaccio, Trinity fresco, 1427

Pollock, One (no. 31), 1950, (c. 9' x 18')

Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 (10" x 13")

Pollock, One (no. 31), 1950, Installation view

Pollock, One (no. 31), 1950; /Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 relative size

Mondrian, Composition, 1921

Mondrian, detail of painting, 1921

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508 -12

Michelangelo, The Sistine Chapel

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991

Ron Mueck, Boy (Untitled), 1999

Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962

Course structure Semester A 13 lectures - excluding Reading Week (27/10) and Christmas break( 22 &29/12) 12 before Christmas and 1 after (12/01) Main tutor – Chris Young chris. young@blackburn. ac. uk Guest lectures – Richard Peregrine & Jenna Gardner 11 seminars – 8 with specialist tutors (Starting 29/09) Graphic Communication – Emma Hildreth Photographic Media – Richard Peregrine Textiles Pathways – Jo Neil Fine Art - Chris Young 3 Writing Support (Tutor –Liesl Burkhardt) (1, 8, 15/12) liesl. burkhardt@blackburn. ac. uk

Course structure Semester B 8 lectures – excluding Private Study & Assessment week (19/01) and Reading Week(16/02) Last lecture 23/03 up to Easter break 8 Essay Writing Workshops – Monday 12 -2 (starting 26/01) Tutor: Liesl Burkhardt Tutorial – one to one meetings with main tutor to discuss essay Starting 02/02, by appointment

Course work Assignment 1: Set by seminar tutor (600 words) Submission date: 06/01/2015 Assessment: Formative Assignment 2: Essay (2500 words) Submission date: 27/03/2015 Assessment: Summative