Readings in Australian art
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
Margaret Plant
8 or 12 points * 2 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
The seminars will address the literature on Australian art with reference to such areas as settlement and `European vision', the Australian inflection of modernism, periodisation, the construction of art history through the art exhibition and its catalogue, the manifesto, the literature of export and international exhibition, provincialism and regionalism, the reception of current art. The subject is designed to address historiographical and theoretical issues with relation to the writing on Australian art and to identify areas for revision and research. A detailed bibliography will be issued.
Assessment: 8 points
Seminar paper (2500 words): 40% * Essay (3500 words): 60%
Assessment: 12 points
First seminar paper (2500 words): 25% * Second seminar paper (3000 words): 35% * Research essay (3500 words): 40%