Disciplines and areas of study
Art history
Coordinator: Professor Diane Kirkby
In contemporary society, visual forms of communication play a major role in our daily experience. Art history investigates this experience through the visual analysis of art and architecture in historical and contemporary cultures and through the study of the language of images. Staff members teach and conduct research in the history of Western art.
Specialisations
Areas of specialisation are Baroque art, architecture, Early Christian, medieval art, and architecture, Italian Renaissance art, Australian and American 20th century art.
Students may take a sub-major in the following subjects in art history as part of their degree. However, a major in art history is not available. Students qualifying for a degree with an art history sub-major must accrue at least 110 credit points from the subjects listed below, including 30 credit points at first year, 40 credit points at second year and 40 credit points at third year.
Important notice: not all of the subjects listed below will be available every year.
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| First year subjects (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Art from Renaissance to Impressionism | ARH1ARW |
| TE-SEM-2 | Paris and New York: art of the avant-garde | ARH1APK |
| Second and third year subjects (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Art and Symbolism of the Ancients | ARC2ASA/ARC3ASA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Australia: Environment and Visual Culture | ARH2AAE/ARH3AAE |
| TE-SEM-1 | European Cultural Histroy | HIS2EUT/HIS3EUT |
| TE-SEM-1 | World of the Pharaohs: the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | ARC2EGY/ARC3EGY |
| TE-WK-28-30 | Italian Art and Society (winter semester subject) | ARH2IAS/ARH3IAS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Art and Passion in the Baroque | ARH2BAA/ARH3BAA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Medieval Europe 600–1200 (on-line subject) | ARH2MEU/ARH3MEU |
| Third year subjects (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A1 | ARH3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B1 | ARH3RCB |
Key: 1 Special prerequisites apply.
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Andy Warhol’s America: pop art, politics and popular culture | ARH2AWA/ARH3AWA |
| Art of Byzantium (online unit) | ARH2AOB/ARH3AOB |
| Contemporary Art and its Origins | ARH2CAO/ARH3CAO |
| European Travel and Art | ARH2ETA/ARH3ETA |
| Making America: from Pocahontas to prohibition | ARH2MAM/ARH3MAM |