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Art History is concerned with the visual and material parts of culture and how painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, design, photography, and museums, may be interpreted. Art History students develop a wide range of transferrable skills, which may result in employment in museums, or in other professions.
Students of Art History should develop critical and historical skills about how to:
write about a work of art as a physical object, to describe how it is made, how it should be handled, its condition and conservation.
analyse the representation of subject matter.
discover, read and interpret documentation about art, primary sources, archival documents, critical commentaries.
understand how art works are produced in particular social circumstances, how they are commisioned, presented and displayed.
understand cultural issues in relation to nationality, class, gender, ethnicity and race.
Art History is taught within the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology, the premier department in Australia for these subjects. A wide range of subjects are offered from ancient classical art until the art of the postmodern period. The School is renowned for its courses on many aspects of Australian culture, from ancient Aboriginal archeology and rock carvings, to 19th century Australian art, to Australian contemporary film. The School has long been a centre of excellence for the study of Italian culture, from ancient Roman architecture, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Italy, to Italian 20th century cinema. There is a developing program in Asian art, including a unique course on Japanese art and architecture. Subjects that have been recently pioneered include courses on Spanish Baroque art, German 20th century art and Cinema Studies. The School has developed overseas courses at New York, Nuremburg, Rome and Siena. The School is allied with the Potter Institute of Conservation and the Ian Potter Museum, with whom it has developed a museology and art curatorship program, uniquely positioned for the Pacific basin. The School has joint projects with many national Australian Museums, including the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The School has also pioneered two virtual museums, for Archeology and Old Master Prints, based on the collections at the University.
There are no prerequisites for Art History in First Year.
The prerequisite for a Second/Third Year subject in Art History is usually a First Year subject in Art History (12.5 points). Students who have done suitable alternative First Year subjects are advised to consult with the School for permission to enrol. Exemptions may also be granted where Second/Third Year subjects are taken as part of an approved interdepartmental program with its own entry requirements.
The prerequisite for a Third/Fourth Year Art History subject is usually three Second/Third Year subjects in Art History (37.5 points).
A Major in Art History usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
two First Year subjects in Art History (25 points) and;
Second/Third Year subjects in Art History (totalling 87.5 points). Two of these subjects (totalling 25 points) may be in other areas of study in the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology.
It is advisable for students to choose subjects from different periods of Art History.
The prerequisites for entry to Fourth Year Honours in Art History are:
completion of all the requirements of the BA and;
completion of a Major in Art History and;
an average grade of H2B or higher over the Second/Third Year subjects within the Major.
Entry to Honours must be approved by the Honours coordinator of the School and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser. Forms to be submitted to the School are available at the School Office in May and September each year.
Honours coordinator - Parshia Lee-Stecum
Students undertaking pure Honours in Art History must complete:
107-046 Art History Honours Thesis (37.5 points) and;
107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;
four Honours subjects in Art History (totalling 50 points).
With the approval of the Honours coordinator, one of these subjects may be in Cinema Studies, or Classical Studies and Archeology.
Students undertaking combined Honours in Art History and another area of study must complete:
107-046 Art History Honours Thesis (37.5 points) and;
107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;
one Honours subject in Art History (totalling 12.5 points) and;
three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 37.5 points).
or
Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points) and;
two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 25 points) and;
107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;
two Honours subjects in Art History (totalling 25 points).
combined Honours students may replace 107-044 Research Methods with an approved research methods seminar in the other discipline.
The School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology teaches a number of Art History subjects overseas in Los Angeles, Rome, Siena, New York and Nuremberg as one-month intensive fieldwork programs in the Summer Semester or winter non-teaching period.
See individual subject entries for details or
Email: enquiries@asatravinfo.com.au
Web: http://www.sfca.unimelb.edu.au
A BA with a Major in Art History can lead to a Graduate Diploma in Art History, a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Art History and Cinema Studies, or Art Curatorship & Museum Management).
An Honours degree in Art History can lead to MA or PhD degrees.
Career opportunities for graduates in Art History are to be found in teaching and in academic research, in the arts industry as curators, administrators, and directors of art galleries and museums, in the commercial sphere of dealerships and auction houses, and as critics, journalists and arts writers.
School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archeology
Old Pathology Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 9344 5565
Email: fine.arts@finearts.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.sfca.unimelb.edu.au
107-018 Art History A: The Work of Art
107-019 Art History B: Artist & Audience
103-006 Multimedia Authoring
107-023 Baroque Art
107-024 Victorian & Edwardian Art 1840-1914
107-026 Studies in Asian Art and Architecture
107-027 Materials and Techniques of Art
107-028 Australian Art 1840 - 1950
107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
107-032 Venetian Renaissance Painting
107-034 Postmodernism in Postwar Art & Design
107-043 French Avant-Gardes
107-067 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750
107-116 Legacy of Greece and Rome
107-053 Attribution, Expertise & Connoiseurship
107-066 Postmodern Culture: Art in New York
107-119 The Parthenon
107-044 Research Methods
107-046 Art History Honours Thesis
107-047 Art History Honours Thesis (MYE)
107-041 Form and Meaning in Spanish Art
107-042 Readings in Caravaggio
107-050 Fine Arts 4A
107-055 The History and Philosophy of Museums
107-056 Theory and Discourse in Art History
107-072 Sound & Vision: Art & Popular Music
107-506 Program of Language Study
107-508 Readings in Art History
103-004 Advanced Multimedia Applications
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