VAM4030

Themes in nineteenth-century Australian art

(ART)

Leigh Astbury

8 or 12 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Colonial art in relation to early settlement and the uses made of art in exploration and anthropology. The Heidelberg School and issues of contemporaneity, feminism and nationalism.

Assessment: 8 points - Research project (4000 words) + Intern practical work (equivalent 2000 words). 12 points - Catalogue exercise (1500 words) + Research project (5500 words) + Intern practical work (equivalent 2000 words)