Area: | Department of Art |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 6301 (v.3) Visual Arts Theory 501
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Syllabus: | Designed to provide the appropriate theoretical framework and to develop appropriate research skills to enable students to locate their practice as an artist within the larger context of cultural theory. Students will be introduced to electronic information retrieval. Includes further case-studies of artists' research methodologies through visits to studios and exhibitions. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Developed skills in specific modes of research practice employed in the visual arts. Identified pertinent areas of theoretical speculation and undertaken research into area that are apposite to their practice as an artist. Completed their postgraduate diploma documentation portfolio. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Harrison, C. and Wood, P. (1992), Art in theory 1900-1990: an anthology of changing ideas. Oxford, Blackwell. Kleiner, F. Mamiya, C. and Tansey, R. (2001), Gardner's art through the ages. Fort Worth, Harcourt College Publishers. Lucie-Smith, E. (2000), Movements in art since 1945. London, Thames and Hudson. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Artists' Statement 20%, Postgraduate diploma portfolio 60%, Tutorial presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100300 Visual Arts and Crafts (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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