Special Topics in Early-Modern Art (AHIS40025)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This is a collection-based subject, focused on objects made between 1250 and 1750 and now in Melbourne collections. Each year, one local collection will be chosen for students to carry out primary research around collection objects. Material from relevant temporary exhibitions will also be incorporated where appropriate. The aim is to explore the theoretical and practical issues around the study of early-modern art; and to work towards producing new and original research on Melbourne-area works.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Develop empirically-informed analyses of art and the issues surrounding its production, circulation and interpretation
- Originate visual, physical, and condition analysis of historical art objects.
- Critically evaluate both primary research sources and advanced art-historical and art-theoretical texts.
- Mobilise and communicate acquired knowledge of early-modern art history in both written and oral forms.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject will:
- Conceptualise art research questions and themes, and formulate appropriate research models to address them
- Form judgments and arguments from both primary and secondary research sources
- Conduct independent research using objects, catalogued sources, and bibliographies
- Communicate critically, creatively and theoretically through essay writing, seminar discussion, and presentations
- Manage and organise workloads for recommended reading, in-class discussion, and the completion of presentations and assignments.
Last updated: 4 March 2025