VA2018:04
Visual Arts Studies 2A
Cairns
Prerequisites: VA1018
13 lectures, 39 hours workshops. First semester.
Staff: Ms M Genever.
This subject is designed to develop students’ knowledge of art history and practice and critical appraisal skills. This is to be achieved through historical research, skills-based visual studies and creative artwork. It further develops knowledge and skills gained in first year. This will be accomplished through a body of visual studies, an artwork in each of the media and a research workbook.
Learning Objectives:
- develop practical skills in a range of media by exploring their characteristics and functions and the design fundamentals relative to them;
- develop a critical appreciation of the visual arts and an awareness of their social, cultural and historical contexts.
Assessment by written assignments; workbook; artworks; workshop participation.