Art History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1004 (2016)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2016.

Year and Campus: 2016

Coordinator

Dr Kate MacNeill

cmmacn@unimelb.edu.au

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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, contemporary art, Indigenous Australian art, and international art.
Learning Outcomes:

Students who complete this major will:

  • Develop broad critical knowledge and understanding about the field of art history;
  • Acquire competency in the main concepts and issues developed in the discipline of art history;
  • Develop the confidence to produce conceptually and empirically informed analyses of art and the issues surrounding its production, circulation and interpretation;
  • Develop an understanding of the role of the visual arts within different cultures and societies;
  • Understand the importance of an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of art historical inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values.
Structure & Available Subjects:

Art History is available as both a major and minor sequence in the BA.

A major in Art History consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points, comprising:

Level 1

Level 2

  • 37.5 points of level 2 Art History Subjects

Level 3

  • The capstone subject Art History in the World
  • 25 points of level 3 History subjects.

Total 100 points

A minor in Art History comprises six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points, comprising:

Level 1

Level 2

  • 25 points of level 2 Art History Subjects

Level 3

  • 25 points of level 3 Art History Subjects

Total 75 points

The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies outside the BA.
Subject Options:

Level 1

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Level 2

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Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50

Level 3 Capstone Subject:

Compulsory subject for student majoring in Art History.

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Level 3

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Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/art-history
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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