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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Much twentieth century art, both modern and postmodern, is based on a knowledge of Old Master visual culture. This course will familiarise students with several key figures in the European tradition prior to the advent of modern art. It will focus on the aesthetics of both painting and sculpture, with more time given to visual than historic concerns. Where possible, readings of the work informed by recent theory (feminist, semiotic etc) will be considered.
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Other Information This course makes an excellent companion to ARTH2080 Art and Visual Culture of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660-1815.
Preliminary Reading Ackerman, James S., Origins, imitation, conventions: representation in the visual arts, MIT Press, 2002. Burckhardt, Jacob, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, 2nd Edition, Phaidon 1981 Edwards, Steve, (ed), Art and its histories : a reader, New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Open University, 1999. Course readings are available on the Wattle course site.