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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will offer students an introduction to the relationships between urban development and the work of artists and designers. The scope of the course is broad, geographically as well as temporally. The disciplinary approaches utilised are similarly wide, including architectural history, urban design, and political theory in addition to the history of art and cinema. The course will offer students an awareness of the deep linkages between art, design, architecture and the urban experience, drawing case studies from Renaissance Europe onwards, but concentrating primarily on industrial and post-industrial urban contexts in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia.
Short essay, 1500 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Research essay, 3000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Oral presentation including submission of PowerPoint Slides/presentation notes, 12-15 minutes
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
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.
Preliminary Reading Mossop, Elizabeth and Walton, Paul, eds., City Spaces: Art and Design. Sydney, NSW: Craftsman House, 2001. Sadler, Simon, The Situationist City. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998. Penz, Francois and Thomas, Maureen, eds., Cinema and Architecture. London: British Film Institute, 1997. Kostof, Spiro, The City Assembled: Elements of Urban Form Through History. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Miles, Malcolm, et. al., eds., The City Cultures Reader. London: Routledge, 2000.