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107-019 Art History B: Artist & Audience | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-110. Students who have completed 111-110 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Chris McAuliffe |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject explores the relationships between art, artist and audience by examining four major themes in 19th and 20th century art: the artist as genius (creativity, originality, and the cult of genius); the artist and patron (public and private, church and state, collectors and dealers); art as institution (museums, tourism, publications, websites, cultural appropriation); the artist and the critic (changing theories of art, the rise and fall of reputations, the reception of art, the critic today). On completion of the subject students should have an understanding of the history of visual forms and basic skills in visual analysis, and an understanding of the principal methods of analysis employed in the discipline of art history. |
Assessment | An essay of 3000 words, and a visual test of 1 hour. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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