| CODE | IMS5036 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Creative, Visual and Performing Arts | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Maltese Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will be divided as follows: Music This part of the study-unit explores the role of music, musical instruments and dance in Maltese culture and society. It explores ideas of Maltese cultural identity as expressed through music and related creative forms. This study-unit encompasses a wide range of issues, including cultural identities, public ritual, propaganda, and historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Musical examples employed throughout this study-unit rely on a wide array of musical genres, ranging from art music, to folk music, and contemporary popular music. Art This part of the study-unit will present the history of art in Malta from the sixteenth century to the present day, set against the social, economic and political developments of the Island and its inhabitants. The study unit will also demonstrate the various ways in which art (and where possible, architecture) contributed to the growth of Maltese cultural identity, as well as to an artistic identity synchronised both to geographic and political realities as well as to more recent cultural developments within the global context. Some comparative reference will also be made to contemporary artistic developments overseas. Study-unit Aims The study unit aims to impart the necessary skills to identify the genres of music and art in different periods, and to research and discuss music and art within the context of Maltese cultural identity. The study unit also aims to provide the respective methodologies of critical analysis pertaining to the two fields of research. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - discuss the various functions music has in constructing, influencing, and maintaining human life - appreciate the role of instruments, music and dance in the expression of communal sentiment - Examine the influence of the State and Church patronage on artists in Malta, as well as the steady growth of art market conditions - discuss social, political and economic trends that served as a catalyst to 19th-century art in Malta during the British colonial period; - discuss how Malta鈥檚 artistic history unfolded in the context of the rapidly changing cultural scene of the 20th century, with a focus on the years after Independence. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify which musical instruments form an integral part of Maltese folk culture - identify the main branches of art music which have been of major concern in Maltese musical creation. - have a basic appreciation of the contribution that leading Maltese composers have made to the development of Maltese art music - comprehend the impact of social, political and economic history on the history of art from the sixteenth century to the present day. - discuss the conflicting influences on the development of the visual arts in Malta during the 19th century. - analyse the cultural ruptures in the visual arts caused by WW2, Independence and globalisation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Reading lists will be offered by all lecturers. Main Texts - Borg Cardona, A.: Daqq, Ghana u Zfin Malti, (P.E.G Malta, 2007). - Buhagiar, M.: The Iconography of the Maltese Islands 1400-1800, (World Confederation of Salesian Past Pupils of Don Bosco Lions Club, Malta, 1987). - Camilleri, C. & Cassar Pullicino, G.: Maltese Oral Poetry and Folk Music, (Malta Univesity Publishers, Malta, 1998). - England, R. ed.: Contemporary Art in Malta, (Malta Arts Festival Publication, 1973). - Plastino, G. (ed.): Mediterranean Mosaic: Popular Music and Global Sounds, (Routledge, New York, 2003). - Vella Bondin, J.: Il-Mu偶ika ta鈥� Malta sa l-A魔魔ar tas-Seklu Tmintax (PIN Sensiela Kulturali, 2000). - Vella Bondin, J.: Il-Mu偶ika ta鈥� Malta fis-Sekli Dsatax u G魔oxrin (PIN Sensiela Kulturali, 2000). - Vella Bondin, J.: 鈥楳alta鈥檚 Musical Heritage: A Historical Overview鈥�, in K. Gambin (ed) Malta, Roots of a Nation, (Heritage Malta 2004). - Degiorgio, C. and Sciberras, K., Caravaggio and Paintings of Realism in Malta (St John鈥檚 Co-Cathedral, 2007). - Fiorentino, F. and Degiorgio, S., Antoine Favray (1706-1798) 鈥� A French Artist in Rome, Malta and Constantinople (Midsea Books, 2007). - Gash, John, 鈥楶ainting and Sculpture in Early Modern Malta鈥�, in V. Mallia Milanes (ed), Hospitaller Malta (Mireva, 1993). - Sciberras, Keith, Baroque Painting in Malta (Midsea Book, 2009). - Vella, Charlene, The Mediterranean artistic context of late medieval Malta, 1091-1530. - Vella, Theresa, Splendour & Devotion: The Art Collections of the Order of St John (Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti/Kite, 2023). - Buhagiar, Mario, The Iconography of the Maltese Islands 1400-1900 (Malta, 1987). - Cassar, J. P.: L-arti Moderna, (PIN Malta, 1999). - Cutajar, Dominic, The Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta: a commentary on its history and selected works (Malta, 1991). - Cutajar Dominic, Camilleri Edwin, Giuseppe Cali鈥�, 1846-1930 (Malta, 1991). - Cutajar Dominic, Fiorentino Emm., 鈥楾rends and Influences in Maltese Art, 1800-1964鈥� in The British Colonial Experience, V. Mallia Milanes, ed. (Malta, 1988). - Spiteri, Hilary, Academic Artistic Training in Early British Malta: the Malta University School of Design and patterns of artistic training in Malta, 1800-1860 (Malta, 2011). - Zammit, William, ed. The Bellanti Family: Contributions to Art and Culture in Malta (Malta, 2010). - Gombrich, Ernst, The Story of Art (Phaidon). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Visit | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip Ciantar Katya Micallef Alexander Vella Gregory Theresa Vella |
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