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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Art History

111-330/430 Orientalism in Visual Culture: A Colonising Gaze

Note:

No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-330 Colonialism and Orientalist art.

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator:

Dr Roger Benjamin

Prerequisite/s:

33 points in second/third year Art History subjects.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Three hours of lectures, tutorials or seminars each week

Subject Description:

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, Gérôme, Loti, Matisse, Indian and Algerian painters. Critiques of Orientalism, cross-cultural reading (e.g. 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 5000 words for 3rd year and 6000 words for 4th year.
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