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 107-060 Orientalism in Visual Culture: A Colonising Gaze

Note

Formerly available as 111-330/430 Colonialism and Orientalist Art. Students who have completed 111-330/430 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

3rd and 4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Roger Benjamin

Prerequisites

Usually 37.5 points of Art History at second/third year, see Prerequisites

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

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

A classpaper of 1500 words, and an essay of 2500 words for 3rd-year. A classpaper of 2000 words and an essay of 3000 words for 4th-year.



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