The culture and imagery of cities
Proposed to be offered next in 1999
Leigh Astbury
8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
*
Clayton
Synopsis The subject will study the nature and role of the image of the city from first settlement together with the development of city architecture from the Colonial to Federation. The role of art institutions and the formation of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Australian taste will be studied with reference to the foundation of the National Gallery of Victoria, significant private collections and the establishment of academies, schools of design and art societies, as well as gardens, cemeteries and war memorials. The growth of culture in the city is thus viewed against patterns of patronage and collecting and the institutionalisation of taste.
Assessment fourth year First seminar paper (2500 words): 25%
* Second seminar paper (3000 words): 35%
* Research essay: (3500
words): 40%
Assessment fifth year (8 points) Seminar paper (2500
words): 40%
* Essay (3500 words): 60%
Assessment fifth year (12 points) First seminar paper
(2500 words): 25%
* Second seminar paper (3000 words): 35%
* research
essay (3500 words): 40%
* At fifth-year level there will be a special
research emphasis in which primary consultation of artefacts and relevant
documentation will be necessary.
Preliminary reading
Bourdieu P Distinction: A social critique of the judgement of taste Routledge, 1984
Cox L The National Gallery of Victoria 1861-1968: A search for a collection National Gallery of Victoria, 1970
Statham P (ed.) The origins of Australia's capital cities CUP, 1989
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