AHT2102 · Post-war practices 1945-1990

Overview

This unit engages international art and ideas which form an important foundation for understanding contemporary practice. You will be introduced to key moments in the canonical narrative of Western art history alongside some of the Indigenous, feminist, queer and non-Western artistic practices and perspectives that this narrative has historically excluded. We will consider how ideas and practices can become culturally dominant, and also how a dominant perspective can be critiqued, contested or creatively redefined. With a focus on the verbal and written analysis and interpretation of key works of art, you will be encouraged to engage in close, careful investigations of individual artworks. You will also be invited to use your research and writing skills to situate artworks within their broader cultural and political context.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and describe key art movements and individual artists active between 1945-1990, as well as their cultural and political contexts;
2. Critically evaluate the impact of major cultural, political and economic changes on art practices and the discipline of art history between 1945-1990;
3. Critically analyse and interpret artworks verbally and in a written format;
4. Identify and apply art historical theories and methodologies in the formulation of a written argument.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.