The aim of this course is to encourage students to engage with different theoretical and historical frameworks for interpreting images. It will cover a wide range of primarily western theories of the image including marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and phenomenology. It also deals with the culture industry, film, the televisual and with recent theories of technology. Students will be encouraged to think about how the various different interpretative methods addressed in the course might relate to their studio.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of important theoretical and historical frameworks for interpreting images in visual art discourse.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify relevant theoretical and historical frameworks and apply them to contemporary visual art discourse and to your own studio practice.
- Present written and oral arguments which are reasoned, structured and coherent.
- Compare and evaluate important theoretical and historical frameworks for interpreting images in visual arts discourse.
Indicative Assessment
Oral Presentation including submission of PowerPoint Slides/presentation notes, 12 minutes (30%) Learning Outcomes 1-3Essay, 4,500 words (60%) Learning Outcomes 1-4
Participation (10%) Learning Outcomes 1-4
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:a) 36 hours of contact: one 2 hour lecture and one 1 hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks (a total of 3 hours contact per teaching week)
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing
Requisite and Incompatibility
Preliminary Reading
Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul (ed), Art in Theory 1900-2000: an anthology of changing Ideas, 2ndd Edtion, Wiley-Blackwell, 2002. Part VII: Institutions and Objections, and Part VIII: Ideas of the PostmodernHarrison, Charles and Wood, Paul (ed), Art in Theory 1900-2000: an anthology of changing Ideas, 2ndd Edtion, Wiley-Blackwell, 2002. Part VII: Institutions and Objections, and Part VIII: Ideas of the Postmodern
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $3000 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $4560 |
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