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ARHT2671: Art, Travel, Empires
This unit examines art and the culture of travel from a post-colonial perspective. The work of European Orientalists will be analysed alongside work by North African, Persian and Ottoman artists and in conjunction with photography, international exhibitions, travel literature and film.
| Code | ARHT2671 |
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| Academic unit | Art History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ARHT2071 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. By the end of this unit students will be familiar with the critiques of Orientalist art and postcolonial studies of visual culture.
- LO2. This unit will give students a broad knowledge of the major European artists who travelled to North Africa and the Middle East from 1830 to 1914.
- LO3. This unit will introduce students to major Ottoman, North African and Persian artists and photographers from 1830 to 1914.
- LO4. This unit will introduce students to debates around photography and film in relation to travel and empire.
- LO5. By the end of this unit students will be able to assume responsibility for their own research methods and be familiar with the research methods of major scholars in the field.
- LO6. By the end of this unit students will be able to apply skills of visual analysis and critically assess a range of visual culture, from architecture to sculpture, painting, photography and prints.
- LO7. By the end of this unit students will be able to develop their own views in relation to major debates about the role of visual culture in cross-cultural exchanges between Europe and the Middle East from the late eighteenth century onwards.
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