arh3env from the sublime to activism art and the environment

FROM THE SUBLIME TO ACTIVISM: ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ARH3ENV

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Credit points: 15

Subject outline

The landscape tradition has been one of the key artistic genres throughout art history. From its initial close associations with map-making and surveying, through to its association with land ownership, and later to the romantic affinity with landscape and the rise of the sublime and the picturesque, artists have always relied on nature as a guide and an inspiration. More recent contemporary art practice has engaged in a fundamental way with issues of pressing environmental concern, such as climate change, sustainability and environmental protectionism, both didactically and as a form of radical political protest. In this subject students will be exposed to the widest possible definition of landscape in the context of environment, ecology and the natural world throughout history, to create a broader understanding of how land and landscape meet.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorVincent Alessi

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Available as ElectiveNo

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate an understanding of the landscape tradition in environmental, ecological and the natural world contexts as it relates to art historical periods and contemporary art movements.
02. Consolidate advanced research, critical and reflective thinking and writing skills by evaluating key ideas and concepts.
03. Analyse and evaluate ethical debates and ideas that apply to current ecological and environmental issues within a contemporary art context.
04. Demonstrate broad and coherent observational skills to transmit knowledge and ideas to others relating to visual art objects utilising language that is appropriate to the art history discipline.
05. Demonstrate a broad understanding of how art is made and responds to its cultural, political and historical context.

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