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 107-018 Introduction to Art History A: The Work of Art

Note

Formerly available as 111-109. Students who have completed 111-109 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Christopher Marshall

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces the study of art history by examining four major themes from Classical Art to Contemporary Art: (a) the nature of the work of art (its materials and physical context); (b) art and the ideal (the capacity of the work of art to create meaning); (c) myth and narrative (art as a storytelling medium); (d) ideology (art as a vehicle for social and political ideas). Students will encounter various art historical methodologies such as stylistic analysis, iconography, the investigation of historical context, gender theory, postcolonial theory and museology. Emphasis is placed on looking at works of art in Melbourne.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • T Carpenter, Art and Myth in Ancient Greece. Thames & Hudson 1991.
  • A Cole, Art of the Italian Renaissance Courts: Virtue and Magnificence. Weidenfield & Nicolson 1995.
  • L Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome, 1400-1600. Weidenfield & Nicolson 1996.
  • P Smith, Impressionism: Beneath the Surface. Weidenfield & Nicolson 1995.
  • B Taylor, The Art of Today. Weidenfield & Nicolson 1995.
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