11622 (v.3) Visual Culture - Art and the Environment 315

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Area:	Department of Art
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	An introduction to the history of the representation of the landscape. Designed to give students an introduction to the social contexts in which shifts of meaning for the landscape have developed. It will be argued that the idea of the landscape is stillcentral to the project of art and that some of the more recent developments in landscape art reflect deep social and philosophical positions that may not be so obvious in traditional readings of the landscape.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit, students will have- A thorough knowledge of the current debates in, and histories of contemporary landscape art. Developed appropriate research skills necessary to articulate their ideas and critique.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Schama, S. (1995), Landscape and memory. London, Harper Collins. Hunt, John Dixon. (1992), Gardens and the picturesque. Cambridge Massachusetts, MIT Press. Cosgrove, Denis. (1988), The iconography of landscape. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Stannage, Tom. (1990), Embellishing the landscape. Fremantle, Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
Unit Texts:	Visual Culture Research Unit. Course Reader. Bentley, Visual Culture Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Essay 40%, Testing 20%, Tutorial 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     2004 Esperance Community College Semester 1 Y     2004 Esperance Community College Semester 2 Y     2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y     2004 Northam Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Northam Campus Semester 2 Y     2004 Margaret River Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Margaret River Campus Semester 2 Y