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107-430 Orientalism in Visual Culture | |
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Note | Formerly available as 107-060. Students who have completed 107-060 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Mary Roberts |
Prerequisites | Usually 37.5 points of art history at second/third year, see Prerequisites or admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in art history. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject is a consideration of orientalist art and culture from a postcolonial perspective. Painting in North Africa and the Middle East is supplemented by orientalism in architecture, photography, travel writing and colonial exhibitions. Major figures studied include Delacroix, Pierre Loti and Matisse. Students should complete the subject with a broad knowledge of European constructions of the East in a variety of representational forms and with a critical understanding of orientalism in art. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words for 3rd year, 5000 words for 4th year. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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