Art History (B-ARTS_MAJOR_3)

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Overview

The Art History program is the premier provider of art historical scholarship in Australia. Thematic and interdisciplinary subjects deal with the theories of art history, art and the market, prints, and other issues. Areas of specialisation include late antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th and 19th century European art, modernism and postmodernism, contemporary art, Indigenous Australian art, and international art.

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete this major will:

Develop broad critical knowledge and understanding about the field of art history;
Acquire competency in the main concepts and issues developed in the discipline of art history;
Develop the confidence to produce conceptually and empirically informed analyses of art and the issues surrounding its production, circulation and interpretation;
Develop an understanding of the role of the visual arts within different cultures and societies;
Understand the importance of an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of art historical inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values.

Last updated: 30 January 2024

Structure

75 credit points

Art History is available as both a major and minor sequence in the BA.

A major in Art History consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points, comprising:

Level 1

One Art History Level 1 subject
One

Code Name Study period Credit Points

Arts Foundation Subject No longer available

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
Arts Foundation Subject		No longer available

Level 2

37.5 points of level 2 Art History Subjects

Level 3

The capstone subject Art History in the World
25 points of level 3 History subjects.

Total 100 points

A minor in Art History comprises six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points, comprising:

Level 1

One Art History Level 1 subject
One

Code Name Study period Credit Points

Arts Foundation Subject No longer available

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
Arts Foundation Subject		No longer available

Level 2

25 points of level 2 Art History Subjects

Level 3

25 points of level 3 Art History Subjects

Total 75 points

The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies outside the BA.

Subject Options

Level 1

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AHIS10001	Art History: Theory and Controversy	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS10002	Modern Art: The Politics of the New	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 2

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AHIS20002	Australian Art	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS20011	European Renaissance Art	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS20016	Art and Revolution	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS20018	Art, Market and Methods	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS20020	Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEND20006	Sexing the Canvas: Art and Gender	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS20019	Art in Medieval Europe	Not available in 2017	12.5

Level 3 Capstone Subject:

Compulsory subject for student majoring in Art History.

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AHIS30019	Theory and Practice of Art History	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AHIS30003	The Age of Golden Ages: Art in Europe	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30020	Contemporary Art	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30005	Contemporary Aboriginal Art	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30021	The Medieval Image: Art and Culture	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30022	Global Renaissance	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30002	Studying Contemporary Art Abroad	Not available in 2017	25

Links

http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/art-history