Australian Art: 20th and 21st Century ARTH2027  - Details

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Later Year Course


Offered By: School of Humanities
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Subject: Art History
Offered in: ARTH2027 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value: 6 units
Course Description:

The course will examine a variety of visual sources for mainly non-Aboriginal art in Australia during the 20th century and up to the present day. While it will in no way attempt a survey of Australian art, it will range widely, looking at different media and art forms including architecture, printmaking and sculpture.

Indicative Assessment:

1,000 word tutorial paper (25%), 2,000 word essay (40%), Visual test (25%) and Tutorial participation (10%).

Workload: Two hours of lectures per week and a tutorial in alternate weeks
Areas of Interest: Art History
Requisite Statement:

Introduction to Art History ARTH1002 and Introduction to Modern Art ARTH1003 or Australian History HIST1203 or Lines of Growth in Australian Literature ENGL2004 or 20th Century Australian Fiction ENGL2011 or with permission of the Coordinator.

Preliminary Reading:

* Smith, B, Australian Painting, Oxford
* Klepac, L. (ed), Australian Painters of the Twentieth Century, Beagle Press, Sydney 2000

Majors/Specialisations: Art History, Art History and Curatorship, and Australian Studies
Academic Contact: Professor Sasha Grishin