This course will offer students an introduction to the relationships between urban development and the work of artists and designers. The scope of the course is broad, geographically as well as temporally. The disciplinary approaches utilised are similarly wide, including architectural history, urban design, and political theory in addition to the history of art and cinema. The course will offer students an awareness of the deep linkages between art, design, architecture and the urban experience, drawing case studies from Renaissance Europe onwards, but concentrating primarily on industrial and post-industrial urban contexts in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the development of urban culture across several geographical and temporal locations;
- relate ideas about the development of urban cultures to contemporary visual culture;
- apply interdisciplinary methodologies to the study of relationships between urban culture and contemporary visual culture; and
- present comprehensive written and oral arguments about the relationships between urban culture and contemporary visual culture.
Indicative Assessment
- Essay, 1000 words (25) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Essay, 2500 words (45) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Oral presentation including submission of PowerPoint Slides/presentation notes, 8 minutes (20) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; and
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Preliminary Reading
Mossop, Elizabeth and Walton, Paul, eds., City Spaces: Art and Design. Sydney, NSW: Craftsman House, 2001.Sadler, Simon, The Situationist City. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998.
Penz, Francois and Thomas, Maureen, eds., Cinema and Architecture. London: British Film Institute, 1997.
Kostof, Spiro, The City Assembled: Elements of Urban Form Through History. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992.
Miles, Malcolm, et. al., eds., The City Cultures Reader. London: Routledge, 2000.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $3660 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $5100 |
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