Course description
* Thesis 12,000 words
* 1 compulsory subject
* 25 points from the Advanced Research seminars in Art History
* 25 points other elective subjects
Thesis subject
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-520 Art History Thesis
Students are required to write a thesis of 12 000 words on a topic approved by the supervisor. Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50
Compulsory subject:
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-549 Theories of Art History
This subject examines the historiographical foundations, theoretical frameworks, and recent developments, of the discipline art history from the Renaissance to the present. It critically examines a range of methodological approaches to the interpreta... Semester 1 12.50
Advanced Research in Art History subjects
Students must select 25 points from the Advanced Research Seminars in Art History
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-405 Spectacles: Museums to Theme Parks
This subject will not be available in 2009 25
107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-418 Truth & Beauty: British Art 1840-1914
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-436 Postcolonial Visual Art
This subject focuses on contemporary cross-cultural visual art in relation to its colonial heritage. Responses to the colonial archive are a significant current in late 20th and early 21st century postcolonial culture. In many different contexts and ... Semester 2 12.50
107-437 The Artist's Body
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-471 Histories and Theories of Conservation
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-443 Futurism and Fascist Art in Italy
This subject introduces students to the principal artists and art movements in Italy from the beginning of Futurism in 1909 to the end of Fascism in 1943. Students will engage with a variety of artistic strategies for transforming the relationship be... Semester 1 12.50
107-466 Contemporary Culture: Art in New York
This subject will not be available in 2009 25
107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750
This subject considers the city of Rome both from an urbanistic perspective, and in terms of the art and architectural history of its monuments. The subject aims to develop an understanding of the form and history of the Renaissance and baroque city,... Summer 25
107-422 Iconography
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-472 Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-428 The Book In Medieval & Renaissance Art
This subject examines the art of the illuminated manuscript and its importance in medieval and Renaissance culture. It introduces students to the basic elements of codicology - the study of the physical structure of the book - and it focuses on the r... Semester 1 12.50
Other Elective Subjects
Students must select two (25 points) of the following list of other elective subjects.
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-530 History and Philosophy of Museums
This subject examines the growth of the museum from its origins in the wunderkammer and antiquarian collections of the 16th century to the dynamic and constantly shifting field of possibilities available to museums today. The subject charts the progr... Semester 2 12.50
107-526 The Virtual Print Room
The Virtual Print Room makes the outstanding collection of Renaissance and Baroque Prints in the Baillieu Library accessible to students for teaching on-line for the first time. The library houses one of the largest collections of graphic works in Au... Semester 2 12.50
107-546 Interpreting Exhibitions
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-550 Biennales, Triennales and Documentas
This subject examines the exhibition of contemporary art in international survey exhibitions since the 1960s, delineating the methods that curators and directors have tested in response to the needs of art museums, bureaucracies, artists and publics ... Semester 2 12.50
102-511 Imaging Australian Spaces
This subject allows students to examine the ways in which Australian space has been represented in a variety of cultural forms. The subject explores how these spaces - conceived in a visual, literary and physical sense - have developed, and how these... Semester 2 12.50
131-423 Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print
This interdisciplinary advanced seminar will explore some of the key features and themes of manuscript and print cultures in Central and Western Europe from the 13th to 17th centuries, a time of radical change in communication technology and of major... Semester 2 12.50
760-424 Sexuality and Gender in Media Arts
This subject involves a study of the different ways in which sexuality and gender have been depicted in cinema (and other related visual practices). It places a strong emphasis on the study of 'masculinity' as an evolving form of cultural r... Semester 2 12.50
