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107-070 The Traveller's Eye: History, Travel and the Visual Arts | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-486. Students who have completed 111-486 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | To be advised |
Prerequisites | Students must have satisfied the entry requirements for fourth year Honours in Art History. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the various connections between travel and the visual arts through a number of case-studies, from a western perspective, that range across several geographic sites. There is an emphasis on the theoretical issues (historiographical and methodological) that arise from a study of the relationship between travel and the visual arts. Other themes arising in this study relate to gender, the visual arts and travel; colonialism, the visual arts and travel; nationalism, the visual arts and travel; and sexualities, the visual arts and travel. |
Assessment | Written work which may comprise classpapers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5000 words. |
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