AART2110

Visual Analysis

10 Units 2000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013

This course deals with the specific nature of the visual as a form of representation and communication. This course provides an investigation of the theoretical frameworks that can be applied in studies of visual art and art history.

Objectives On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary theories related to the perception and interpretation of visual images
2. Demonstrate skills in visual analysis
3. Demonstrate a critical awareness of sophistication of contemporary visualisation
Content The following themes will be developed:
- Connoisseurship and style
- Aesthericism
- Feminism, gender and the body
- Iconology and icongraphy
- Marxist and sociological perspectives
- Semiotic analysis
- The digital image
- Deconstruction
- Psychoanalysis and perception
- Visual culture vs art history
Replacing Course(s) AART3110
Transition Students who have completed AART3110 are not eligable to enrol
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge AART1100 and AART1110
Modes of Delivery Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments Essay analysing visual image
Presentations - Individual Seminar presentation
Contact Hours Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 1 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 2014 Course Timetables for AART2110