107-434 The Baroque: Theory and Method

Formerly available as 107-062. Students who have completed 107-062 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in art history, cinema studies or to the Master of Art Curatorship.

This subject focuses on the baroque, as concept, style, and period, in order to explore at an advanced level theories and methodologies of the study of visual culture. It will look at the baroque as a stylistic operation, for example in antique, seventeenth-century, nineteenth-century, and twentieth-century art; as the seventeenth-century cultural paradigm; and as a critical theory applicable to art, architecture, the decorative arts, cinema and new entertainment media.

• be able to research through the competent use of the library and other information sources, and be able to define areas of inquiry and methods of research in the preparation of essays;

• be able to conceptualise theoretical problems, form judgements and arguments and communicate critically, creatively and theoretically through essay writing, tutorial discussion and presentations;

• be able to communicate knowledge in an intelligent and economical way through essay writing and tutorial discussion;

• be able to manage and organise workloads for recommended reading, essays, assignments and examination revision;

• be able to participate in team work through involvement in syndicate groups and group discussions.

Written work totalling 5000 words.