200-level

ARTH210
Japanese Art
Description
This course presents an introduction to the arts of Japan, with a particular focus on the art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Occurrences
Semester One 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
ARTH215
International Contemporary Art 1945-2000
Description
This course provides an introduction to international contemporary art, focusing on developments in Europe, the USA and Aotearoa New Zealand between 1945-2000. After looking at mid-twentieth-century tendencies such as Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Land Art, the course turns to consider some of the broader trajectories of contemporary art practice and criticism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2024
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH, or 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
ARTT102, ARTH109

Not Offered Courses in 2024

200-level

ARTH202
Art and Revolution
Description
This course explores the relationship between art and a particularly eventful and transformative period in European history, from c.1750 to c.1850.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2025
For further information see ARTH202 course details
Points
15 points
ARTH211
Theory of Criticism
Description
This course examines the history, theory and practice of writing about visual art.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2012 , 2014 , 2020 , 2021
For further information see ARTH211 course details
Points
15 points
ARTH216
Greek Art: The Power of Images in Archaic and Classical Greece
Description
We focus on the brilliant achievements of the Greeks in architecture, figurative painting, sculpture and other media that have been influential for centuries. We see what these meant in their broader cultural context, including Greek myth and history, as well as Greek interaction with cultures of Egypt and the Middle East. Students in this course have a chance to work directly with the splendid artefacts from the James Logie Memorial Collection (including Greek vases) now housed in the Teece Museum.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2021 , 2023
For further information see ARTH216 course details
Points
15 points
ARTH217
Art in Aotearoa New Zealand
Description
In this course, art in Aotearoa New Zealand is explored through looking at a range of works deriving from Maori, Pakeha, and Pacific traditions. These works include paintings, carvings and buildings, and they have been selected for their rich entanglements with debates around art, culture, and society. This course explores the works in relation to their broad contexts, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024
For further information see ARTH217 course details
Points
15 points
ARTH218
Images in circulation: Print, photography, and pixels
Description
This course focuses on how images communicate, and examines the contexts, exchanges, and transformations that shape their meanings. While visual sources are a ubiquitous part of the information economy, their specific properties enable them to work on audiences in ways that differ from written and spoken accounts. The course explores a range of approaches for thinking about images, what they can and can't do, and the spaces in which they circulate, being made and remade in the process. In particular, this course is concerned with the entanglements of media and meaning, and the how the changing technologies of image-making engender shifting conceptualisations of how visual sources and reality relate.
Occurrences
Not offered 2024, offered in 2019 , 2020 , 2022
For further information see ARTH218 course details
Points
15 points