2013 ONLINE COURSES IN ART HISTORY
These courses will continue the innovative approach of the oncampus courses, with Gallery sessions given in the Art Gallery also being available online.
Applications for the on-line courses
You apply for entry to the Graduate Diploma in Art History, the Graduate Certificate in Art History or the Professional Certificate in Art History in the usual way, via SATAC, and once you are admitted, you simply enrol in the on-line (external) version of the course.
Semester 1
Studies in Australian Indigenous Art
The course explores the vast diversity of historical and contemporary Indigenous art practice, with a focus on several painting traditions including bark painting from various parts of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, Central and Western Desert dot painting, and watercolours from Hermannsburg in Central Australia. Other aspects covered include Indigenous decorated and woven objects and contemporary urban Aboriginal prints and photographs. The course draws heavily on the comprehensive Indigenous collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Key anthropological, ethnographic and philosophical issues arising from the collecting and display of Indigenous art and objects in museums and galleries are also discussed.
Studies in Japanese Art
The online course encompasses the history of Japanese Art and a study of its distinctive culture and aesthetics. Through an exploration of the major art historical periods from the aristocratic Heian Court of the eighth century through to post-war modernism, the course considers issues such as the impact of internal political and social changes and external cross-cultural influences on Japanese identity.
On-line lectures will cover the art historical development of a range of media such as architecture, painting, woodblock prints and the decorative arts. Works from the on-line collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia are incorporated into lectures and tutorials. Filmed gallery sessions focus on significant aspects of the gallery's Japanese collection such as Shinto and Buddhist sculptural works and screen paintings. On-line sessions also enable the viewing and discussion of treasures like the eighteenth century hand scroll Scenes of the Ezo fishing grounds which depicts the indigenous Ainu people of Japan and is seldom on display due to its fragility but is one of the very few held by a museum outside of Japan.
Dissertation in Art History
The dissertation/exhibition project must be up to 18 000 words in length, or equivalent. It can be a thesis by research or a project. A project might take the form of working to a brief negotiated jointly with the program coordinator and the Gallery. For example, it might comprise the work required to mount an exhibition, prepare a catalogue, feature a particular part of the collection or research work in the Art Gallery's collection. Depending on the proposed area of interest, one or two supervisors may be allocated to supervise the dissertation (by thesis or project) and they may be from the University, the Gallery or both. There may be instances where an outside supervisor is co-opted.
Semester 2
Studies in Australian Art
The online course focuses around the large collection of Australian art at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Discussion and analysis of the art in the online environment will be in terms of the principal issues underpinning Australian art and recent re-readings of particular works. Topics to be explored include colonial art, later nineteenth-century nationalist and Federation art, the rise of modernism particularly among women artists, abstraction, minimalism, conceptualism, the emergence of Central and Western Desert painting and trends in contemporary Australian art.
Studies in European Art
This course focuses on the fascinating history of European Art from the Renaissance through to the Impressionist era with reference to the Art Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and decorative arts. This course looks at the High Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque art in Italy and northern Europe as well as Neoclassical, Romantic, Realist and Impressionist art in France and Spain, along with nineteenth-century British art. It incorporates recent theoretical approaches to the discipline of Art History which affect the discourses of art.
Dissertation in Art History
The dissertation/exhibition project must be up to 18 000 words in length, or equivalent. It can be a thesis by research or a project. A project might take the form of working to a brief negotiated jointly with the program coordinator and the Gallery. For example, it might comprise the work required to mount an exhibition, prepare a catalogue, feature a particular part of the collection or research work in the Art Gallery's collection. Depending on the proposed area of interest, one or two supervisors may be allocated to supervise the dissertation (by thesis or project) and they may be from the University, the Gallery or both. There may be instances where an outside supervisor is co-opted.
Each online course will have a 1.5 hour online virtual tutorial each week using Wimba Classroom from 7 - 8:30pm Central Standarad time. Students need to purchase a headset (see technical information).
Virtual Tutorial times
Semester 1: Australian Indigenous Art online - Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30pm CST
Semester 1: Japanese Art online - Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30pm CST
Semester 2: Australian Art online - Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30pm CST
Semester 2: European Art online - Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30pm CST
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