This course opens up a rich archive of nineteenth to early twentieth century art in Australia and Europe. Drawing together genres and themes in Victorian and Edwardian art and design, the course explores changes from historicist and narrative art to naturalism, exoticism and impressionism. Central to these movements is the transition made from rural based societies to urban ones, and the ways in which the shifts were expressed in constructions of nature and culture, history and myth, and the arts and crafts.

The role of patronage, the institutionalisation of taste, the commercial machinations of colonial society, and approaches to fostering art education are examined for their significance on shaping Australian art.

1,500 word tutorial paper (30%), 2,500 word essay (50%) and image test (20%).

Introduction to Art History ARTH1002 and Introduction to Modern Art ARTH1003 or permission of the Coordinator.

• Rosenblum, Robert, Art of the Nineteenth Century: Painting and Sculpture, Thames & Hudson, London, 1984
• Smith, Bernard, Documents in Art and Taste in Australia 1770-1914, Melbourne University Press, 1975
• Trumble, Angus (ed.) Love and Death: Art in the Age of Queen Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2002