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Course description

Through the analysis of iconic artworks, this course examines concepts of art and art history in Western cultures from the Classical to Contemporary eras. These works chosen from key periods in this history are analysed in depth to understand their role in various intellectual and philosophical traditions, and to consider how art from Western cultures responds to both internal and external traditions. Students will learn and apply an interdisciplinary method to art that absorbs and acknowledges the historical, socio-political and religious contexts of the production and reception of the art. A key focus of the course is a study of how individual artworks respond to great human questions such as the relationship between human and the divine, war and peace, good and evil, representations of identity and place, history and politics, and the visual expression of the full scope of the human psyche.

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