Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general | 5 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
View on the arts of the palaeolithic hunter-gatherers.The plastic expressions are described in their technologies, iconography, chronology, with a review of the different interpretations proposed during nearly a century. At the end the students will have a good undertsating of a complex phenomenon that lasted about 20,000 years.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course consists of a panoramic presentation of these different expressions, then propose a series of methodological approaches permitting to interpret them in coherent and logical terms. Nothing, in fact, is random in Palaeolithic art, where style, schools and phases can be distinguished.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoritical classes.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Duration and period: 30 hours, 1st term.
Classroom and schedule: prehistory museum (bât. A4), Tuesday, 1-3 pm.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Suggested readings: Jean Clottes, Pourquoi l'art préhistorique ? (Folio Essais 557) ; Patrick PAILLET, Qu'est-ce que l'art préhistorique ? (CNRS Biblis 239).
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Oral examination in January.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Professor
Pierre NOIRET
Département des Sciences historiques
Service de Préhistoire, 7 place du 20-Août bât A1, B-4000 Liège
Tél.: 04.366.58.39
E-mail: pnoiret@uliege.be