Unit Code:	ARH1APK
Unit Short Title:	PARIS AND NEW YORK: ART OF THE AVANT-GARDE
Credit Points:	15
Unit Description:	In this unit we survey the major art movements of the 20th Century. Students will develop a knowledge of the development of modernism through familiarity with the work of the central figures of early twentieth century movements: Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, De Stijl and the Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, Purism, Dada and Surrealism. Students will focus on understanding the concept of the avant-garde. In the unit we then trace the development of art in the later decades of the twentieth century through Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptual Art, to the Postmodern and the concept of the post-avant-garde. We will conclude by looking at the art of now. In this unit we seek to develop students visual literacy and the unit provides an introduction to study in the discipline in later years.
Class Requirements:	two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week. For a pass in this unit students must normally attend at least 80% of the tutorials
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 1,000-word assignment	25
one 2,000-word essay	50
one 1-hour slide test	25

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Recommended	Concepts of modern art: from Fauvism to Postmodernism,	Stangos, N.	3rd ed., Thames & Hudson 1994
Recommended	Art in theory 1900-2000,	Harrison, C. and Wood, P. (eds)	Blackwell 2003
Recommended	Art since 1900: modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism,	Foster, H. et.al.	Thames & Hudson 2004

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Caroline	Jordan	BUNDOORA	Y