AART1100

Critical Studies 1

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Creative Arts

10 Units 1000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1

Previously offered in 2013, 2012

This course will underpin and work in conjunction with the Creative Enquiry courses for first year BFA students and will investigate some of the primary issues confronting art in the twentieth century, including the development of modernism and modernity. This course will introduce a basic understanding of essential concepts such as abstraction, the rejection of the unique art object, the socio-political in art and the radical experimentation of the twentieth century. It will link both art historical narratives with broader cultural, philosophical and socio-political issues and themes

Objectives

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of major themes and issues in art history including the development of modernity.
2. demonstrate developed skills in the analysis of visual art and culture.
3. demonstrate developed skills in researching the visual arts.
4. demonstrate developed skills in communicating about visual arts, in both written and verbal forms.

Content

The course will cover fields such as the changing role of the artist in western culture; modernism and modernity; abstraction and the spiritual; political activism in the visual arts; the questioning of the unique object; the ‘white cube’; psychoanalysis, the body and the surreal; visuality and new technologies.

Replacing Course(s)

AART1210

Transition

Students who have completed AART1210 are not permitted to enrol into AART1100.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

Nil

Modes of Delivery

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments	STANDARD & ONLINE DELIVERY: Image Analysis Exercise. Due mid-semester. Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4
Essays / Written Assignments	STANDARD & ONLINE DELIVERY: Written Project (1400 words). Due end-of-semester. Focus is on Course Objectives 2, 4, 5.
Other: (please specify)	ONLINE DELIVERY ONLY: Image Analysis Exercise (in place of in-class presentations in standard delivery mode). Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4.
Presentations - Class	STANDARD DELIVERY ONLY: Image Analysis - in class during Semester (date to be advised). Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4.

Contact Hours

Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Compulsory Components

Requisite by Enrolment	Requisite - Enrolment in this course is limited to students in the Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Art.

Timetables