The Art History and Curatorial Studies minor combines the discipline of art history with the study of how it applies to the public sphere and the practice of curating.
The minor locates the study of art, design, visual and material culture in a range of visual, historical, social, cultural, political, and theoretical contexts. You will learn the latest methods for the critical analysis of art and design. These are applied to case studies drawn from art across the world, both historical and contemporary, with the opportunity to participate in intensive courses taught overseas.
Learning Outcomes
- apply critical thinking in the analysis of visual, historical, social, political, and theoretical aspects to a selection of case studies in art, design, visual and material culture;
- identify the elementary principles applied to the study of art and design and how they intersect with the public sphere and the practice of curating;
- evaluate the primary structures and practices of public cultural institutions through active engagement with the GLAM sector; and
- critically examine the historiography of the discipline as in introduction to art history and curatorial studies today.
Requirements
The Art History and Curatorial Studies minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
ARTH1006 Art History and Curatorial Studies 1: Classicism to Modernity (6 units)
ARTH1007 Art History and Curatorial Studies 2: Vision and Materiality (6 units)
12 units from completion of courses on the following list:
ARTH2001 Art History and Curatorial Studies In-Country (12 units)
ARTH2044 Art and Its Context: Materials, Techniques, Display (6 units)
ARTH2050 Photograph and Art (6 units)
ARTH2052 Art of the Multiple (6 units)
ARTH2098 Australian First Nations Art and Culture (6 units)
ARTH2167 Issues in Contemporary Craft and Design (6 units)
ARTH2169 Asian Modernisms: Art, Nation and World, c.1860-1970 (6 units)
ARTH2170 Innovation and Transformation in Asian Art c. 1965-2015 (6 units)
ARTH2174 Art and the Body: Gender and Sexuality (6 units)
ARTH2176 Cross Currents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art and Culture (6 units)
ARTH2180 Fashion Histories (6 units)
ARTH2181 Digital Approaches to Art History and Curatorship (6 units)
CLAS2013 The Muse and the Machine: The Arts, Technology and Society in Graeco-Roman Antiquity (6 units)
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