UNSW Handbook Course - Approaches to Australian Art

Approaches to Australian Art - SAHT2214


	Faculty: College of Fine Arts
	School: School of Art History and Theory
	Contact: Mendelssohn,Joanna Christine
	Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

This course introduces some of the preoccupations of Australian art in the years since colonisation. Issues to be discussed include: the notion of the artist as a recorder in the 19th century and a tourist in the 20th; the search for a 'Great' Australian artist; national identity and art; links between art and commerce; the idea of 'modern' in an Australian context; and attempts to place Australian art in an international context.

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