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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will explore the responses of artists to war and conflict since the Renaissance up to the present with a particular focus on the modern period. It examines a diverse range of Australian and international works, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and video, and considers their modes of presentation, dissemination, critical reception and impact. Ethical and social issues are discussed in depth, as are the relationships between commissioning organisations, artists and audiences. There is a strong focus throughout on object-based analysis with several classes being held at the Australian War Memorial, the National Gallery and the National Library.
Oral presentation, 10 minutes, and paper of 1500 words
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5
Annotated bibliography, 1500 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Research essay, 3000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5
Semester length delivery 130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Intensive delivery 130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact: lectures and tutorials, delivered intensively over 5 days (9am-5pm) ; and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
None Preliminary Reading Geoffrey Batchen, ed., Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis, 2012 Betty Churcher, The Art of War, 2005 Pia Cunio (ed.) Artful Armies, Beautiful Battles: Art and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, 2002 Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory, 2000 Andrea Liss, Trespassing Through Shadows: Memory, Photography and the Holocaust, 1998 James Young, At Memory's Edge: After-Images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture, 2000