Art History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1004 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Year and Campus:	2015

Coordinator

Dr Christopher Marshall

Email: crmars@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	The Art History program is the premier provider of art historical scholarship in Australia. Thematic and interdisciplinary subjects deal with the theories of art history, art and the market, prints, and other issues. Areas of specialisation include late antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th and 19th century European art, modernism and postmodernism, contemprary art, Indigenous Australian art, and international art.
Learning Outcomes:	See program objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires: one compulsory subject (12.5 points) two core subjects (25 points) elective subjects (62.5 points) Total 100 points
Subject Options:	Compulsory Subject 12.5 points Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AHIS30019 Theory and Practice of Art History Semester 2 12.50 Core Subjects Two core subjects (25 points) Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AHIS40002 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film Semester 1 12.50 AHIS40008 Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 Semester 1 12.50 AHIS40015 Histories and Theories of Conservation Semester 2 12.50 AHIS40019 The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance Semester 1 12.50 AHIS90007 Biennales, Triennales and Documentas Not offered in 2015 12.50 AHIS90008 Writing About Art and the Moving Image Not offered in 2015 12.50 Elective Subjects Elective subjects (62.5 points) Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AHIS10001 Art History: Theory and Controversy Semester 1 12.50 AHIS10002 Modern Art: The Politics of the New Semester 2 12.50 AHIS20002 Australian Art Semester 1 12.50 AHIS20011 Renaissance Art in Florence and Venice Semester 2 12.50 AHIS20016 Art and Revolution Semester 1 12.50 AHIS20018 Art, Market and Methods Semester 2 12.50 AHIS20019 Art in Medieval Europe Semester 1 12.50 AHIS20020 Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art Semester 2 12.50 AHIS30002 Art Fieldwork Not offered in 2015 25 AHIS30003 Baroque Art in Polycentric Europe Semester 1 12.50 AHIS30005 Contemporary Aboriginal Art Semester 1 12.50 AHIS30020 Contemporary Art Semester 2 12.50 AHIS30021 The Medieval Image: Art and Culture Semester 2 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Graduate Diploma in Arts

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