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Year 4 Fine Arts.
Note: No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-430 Colonialism and Orientalist Art
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Dr Roger Benjamin.
Prerequisite: Two art history subjects at second or third-year level.
Contact: Three hours of lectures, tutorials or seminars a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should, in addition to the above:
- have a broad knowledge of the major visual manifestations of orientalism in European culture, including painting, photography and film;
- have a familiarity with current theories concerning orientalism, the colonial process, and the representation of other cultures.
Content:
The subject studies European constructions of the East (North Africa to India) in painting, photography, travel writing, architecture and universal exhibitions. Artists studied include Delacroix, Gé rô me, Loti, Matisse, Indian and Algerian painters. Critiques of Orientalism, cross-cultural reading (eg Japonisme), and colonial history are considered from a post-colonial perspective.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 6,000 words.
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