Faculty of Arts
READING LANDSCAPE ART (ARTHIST 211/311)
SUMMARY TABLE OF PROGRAMME
Elizabeth Rankin with guest lecturers on New Zealand art
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LECTURES |
TUTORIALS |
Projects |
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Week 1
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1 Introduction 2 Landscape as backdrop |
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Week 2
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3 The ideal landscape I 4 The ideal landscape II |
Analysing landscape paintings |
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Week 3
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5 The northern landscape I 6 The northern landscape II |
Personal landscapes and their meaning |
Bring a landscape |
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Week 4
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7 Topography and travel 8 Richard Wilson |
Texts on the sublime and the picturesque |
Read texts |
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Week 5
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9 Gainsborough 10 Conversation pieces & estate portraits |
AAG 17th and 18th century landscapes |
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11 Landscape Gardens I 12 Landscape Gardens II |
Berger Possessions video and discussion |
ESSAY
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mid semester break (30 August – 12 September) |
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Week 7
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13 John Constable I 14 John Constable II |
Landscapes in advertising |
Bring an advert |
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Week 8
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15 JMW Turner I 16 JMW Turner II |
Video on Constable and discussion
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Week 9
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NZ landscapes |
New Zealand landscapes in the Auckland Art Gallery |
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Week 10
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NZ landscapes
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European conventions and New Zealand landscapes |
Slide test |
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Week 11
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NZ landscapes
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Week 12
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NZ landscapes
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Question time. |
Look at old exam papers |
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