• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Specialist
  • Course subject Art History
  • Areas of interest Art History

The survey course examines the role of international and Australian art and design in relation to society and the initial changes wrought by a rising middle class as modern social structures shifted and new markets emerged from the second wave of the industrial revolution in the mid-nineteenth century. As well as paying attention to one medium, students are invited to assess the integration of art, design, architecture and the decorative arts. Attention is paid to the design reformist and Arts and Crafts movements in England and America and the Art Nouveau movements across Europe and Australia to the rise of international modernism, post-war design and Pop and Postmodern art and design in the second half of the twentieth century. Students may wish to engage with the changing meaning of craft in the so-called global society at the turn of the new millennium.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Students will achieve the ability to identify major art and design movements of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and
  2. to objectify their appreciation of these through an analytic and evaluative assessment of each movement in relation to the social context of the historic period.
  3. Students will develop strong skills in research and writing and become familiar with key terms and concepts from art and design history of the modern and postmodern periods.

Indicative Assessment

2,000 word tutorial paper (30%) (outcomes 2, 3)

3,000 word essay (50%) (outcomes, 1, 2, 3)

Image test (20%). (outcomes, 1, 2)

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Workload

13 weeks of lectures (2 hours each week), and a one hour weekly tutorial. Attendance on Campus, but some tutorials may be held at the National Gallery of Australia.Students are expected to complete an average of 7 hours per week outside of these contact hours.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have successfully completed ARTH2043

Preliminary Reading

  • Arnason, H H, History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Photography, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.
  • Bogle, Michael, Design in Australia: 1870-1970, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996.
  • Demsey, A. Styles, Schools and Movements: An Encyclopedic Guide to Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, London, 2002.
  • Sparke, Penny, Design in Context, Bloomsbury, London, 1991.
     

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $3054
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $4368
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
On Campus
9404 24 Jul 2017 31 Jul 2017 31 Aug 2017 27 Oct 2017 In Person N/A

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