Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest:	Art History

The Asian Art History minor draws upon expertise from across ANU, including the School of Cultural Inquiry, the School of Art and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, and explores traditional and contemporary art, architecture and film of a range of styles and genres within their historical, social, cultural and political context.  Courses cover many aspects of Asian art from Chinese calligraphy through to contemporary art from India and Japan.  The minor also addresses the complex interrelations in the development of Asian and Euro-American art. 

 

Learning outcomes

Students who complete this minor will have the skills and knowledge to:

• identify movements and traditions in Asian art and describe their development, evolution and interrelationships
• explain and differentiate the historical, social, cultural and political contexts of Asian works of art
• recognise and reflect on the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies and techniques used throughout history in making Asian art
• closely analyse individual Asian works of art, and interpret and communicate ideas to both specialist and non-specialist audiences using disciplinary language and conventions

Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

 

6 units from the completion of the following compulsory course:

ARTH1005 Introduction to Asian Art (6 units)

 

6 units from the completion of 1000-level courses from the following list:

ARTH1002 Introduction to Art History (6 units)

ARTV1009 Introduction to Art and Design Theory A (6 units)

 

12 units from completion of courses from the following list:

ARTH2056 Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia (6 units)

ARTH2059 Art and Architecture of Asia (6 units)

ARTV2052 Introducing Asian Modernisms (6 units)

ARTV2053 Contemporary Asian Art (6 units)

ASIA2073 Chinese Calligraphy (6 units)

ASIA2078 Modern Arts in Taiwan (6 units)

GEND2031 Cinema in Southeast Asia: Genre and Cultural Identities (6 units)

INDN3007 Introduction to Southeast Asian Performing Arts (6 unit)

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