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1. 111-108 Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts.
2. 111-108 Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts.
3. 111-108 Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville).

1. Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts (v3, p70) : Next:111-203 | Prev:111-107

111-108 Visual Cultures

Credit points: 12.5 1st year

Coordinator: Chris McAuliffe & Angela Ndalianis.

Prerequisite: 111-105 or 111-103

Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, screenings and tutorials a week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• have a basic understanding of the principle methodologies of interpreting twentieth century visual culture
• be able to account for the historical context of visual cultures studied
• have basic oral skills for the discussion of visual forms and skills in essay writing including presenting an argument, research and documenting evidence and bibliographic skills.

Content:

A study of popular forms of visual culture such as the cinema, television, art, photography, design, advertising and multi-media in the twentieth century. Emphasis will be on the origins of these visual forms and their interpretation and reception. Areas of study will include: realism, vangardism, propaganda, nationalism, spectatorship, pornography and censorship, form and style, fantasy and desire, authorship, and sexuality.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise one class paper, visual test and an essay totalling not more than 4,000 words

Prescribed texts:

• Carter B Framing Art: Introducing Theory and the Visual Image, Hale and Iremoneger, Sydney, 1990
• Cook, P (ed) The Cinema Book, British Film Institute, London, 1991
• Sparke P An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century, Allen and Unwin, London, 1986

1. Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts (v3, p70) : Next:111-203 | Prev:111-107

2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p30) : Next:111-246 | Prev:111-106

111-108 Visual Cultures

Credit points: 12.5 1st year

Coordinator: Chris McAuliffe & Angela Ndalianis.

Prerequisite: 111-105 or 111-103.

Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, screenings and tutorials a week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• have a basic understanding of the principle methodologies of interpreting twentieth century visual culture
• be able to account for the historical context of visual cultures studied and develop basic skills in visual cultures
• have basic oral skills for the discussion of visual forms and skills in essay writing including presenting an argument, researching and documenting evidence and bibliographic skills.

Content:

A study of popular forms of visual cultures such as the cinema, television, art, photography, design, advertising and multi-media in the twentieth century. Emphasis will be on the origins of these visual forms and their interpretation and reception. Areas of study will include: realism, vangardism, propaganda, nationalism, commodification, spectatorship, pornography and censorship, form and style, fantasy and desire, authorship, and sexuality.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise one class paper, visual test and an essay totalling not more than 4,000 words

Prescribed texts:

• Carter B Framing Art: Introducing Theory and the Visual Image, Hale and Iremoneger, Sydney, 1990
• Cook, P (ed) The Cinema Book, British Film Institute, London, 1991
• Sparke P An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century, Allen and Unwin, London, 1986

* Note that CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p30) : Next:111-246 | Prev:111-106

3. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p85) : Next:111-254 | Prev:111-105

111-108 Visual Cultures

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: Chris McAuliffe & Angela Ndalianis.

Prerequisite: 111-105 or 111-103.

Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, screenings and tutorials each week.

Timetable: Second semester.

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• have a basic understanding of the principle methodologies of interpreting twentieth century visual culture;
• be able to account for the historical context of visual cultures studied and develop basic skills in visual cultures; and
• have basic oral skills for the discussion of visual forms and skills in essay writing including presenting an argument, researching and documenting evidence and bibliographic skills.

Content:

A study of popular forms of visual cultures such as the cinema, television, art, photography, design, advertising and multi-media in the twentieth century. Emphasis will be on the origins of these visual forms and their interpretation and reception. Areas of study will include: realism, vangardism, propaganda, nationalism, commodification, spectatorship, pornography and censorship, form and style, fantasy and desire, commodification, authorship, and sexuality.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise one class paper, visual test and an essay totalling not more than 4,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• Carter B Framing Art: Introducing Theory and the Visual Image Hale and Iremoneger Sydney 1990
• Cook P (ed) The Cinema Book British Film Institute London 1991
• Sparke P An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century Allen and Unwin London 1986

* Note that CONTACT, CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

3. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p85) : Next:111-254 | Prev:111-105

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