Head of Department:
Professor J. T. BURKE, O.B.E., М.A. (Lend., Yale and Melb. )
ORDINARY DEGREE
(Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section.) Group 1(b)
SUBJECTS OFFERED:
Fine Arts I T and Fine Arts, A, B, C.
No external tuition is available in these subjects.
The major is Fine Arts A, B, C, and the sub-major Fine Arts A followed by either Fine Arts B or Fine Arts C.
Approved majors combining Fine Arts and History are set out on p. 31.
Fine Arts 1 T is intended for students who do not propose to proceed beyond First Year in Fine Arts. Students who have passed in Fine Arts I T and wish to proceed to a major or sub-major in Fine Arts must obtain the permission of the Head of the Department of Fine Arts before making their enrolment; in such cases additional work will be prescribed.
46-1. FINE ARTS I T
This course is not normally recommended to students proceeding to a sub-major, major, or honours course (see above).
A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.
No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.
SYLLABUS
A survey of the Western tradition in art up to the present day, with an introduc- tion on Pre-Hellenic Art. In the second and third terms, one lecture a week will be devoted to the study of works of art in the National Gallery of Victoria (from classical Greek to 20th century).
Students are required to submit written work and study visual material.
BOOKS
The following is a basic list. Fuller bibliographies will be supplied during the course. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.
(a) Preliminary reading and textbooks:
Gombrich, E. H. J.—The Story of Art. (Phaidon.)
*Janson, H. W.
—
A History of Art. (Thames & Hudson.)Hoff, U. (ed. )—Masterpieces of the National Gellert' of Victoria. (Cheshire, 1949.)
( b ) Prescribed for reference:
*luny, P., and L.—A Dictionary of Art and Artists. (Pelican.) Pelican History of Art ( for illustrations and text).
Рrоpylaеn Kunstgeschichte.series (for illustrations; text in German).
*Hoff, U.—Catalogue of European Paintings before 1800, National Gallery of Victoria, 2 vols. (1961.)
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1948 and its appendices ( 1950 and 1954). To be used only for works not contained in the 1961 Catalogue or 1949 Masterpieces.
Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, vols. 1-12, 1945-58.
Annual Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, vol. 1,( 1959-1964. ) Wölfflin, H. Principles of Art History. (Dover.)
Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology (the introductory chapter). (O.U.P., 1939;
Harper Torch Books, 1962.)
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*Clark, K.-Landscape into Art. (Pelican.)
*Pevsner, N.—An Outline of European Architecture. (Pelican. ) Richter, G. M. A.—A Handbook of Greek Art. (Phaidon, 1959.)
Fry, R.—Last Lectures. ( Sect. 1-5.) ( Cambridge, 1939, Beacon Press, 1962. ) Pevsner, N.-Pioneers of Modern Design. (Pelican.)
*Sypher, W.—Art History—An Anthology of Modern Criticism. (Vintage, 1983.) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour written papers and a visual examination of 1 hour. The latter will be based on the illustrations in the relevant chapters of Janson's A History of Art.
Written work as prescribed by the department.
46. FINE ARTS A
A course of lectures averaging two per week, with one tutorial class, through- out the year, i.e. two lectures per week in first term, three per week in second term, and one per week in third term.
This is the course normally taken by students proceeding to a.sub-major, major, or honours course.
No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.
SYLLABUS
1. A survey of the Western tradition in art up to the middle of the 18th century, with an introduction on pre-Hellenic art. In second term, one lecture a week will be devoted to the study of works of art in the National Gallery of Vic- toria ( from classical Greek to the miд-18th Century).
2. A study of the art and architecture of classical Rome.
Students are required to submit written work and to study visual material.
BOOKS
The following is á basic list only. Further bibliographies, particularly in the Classical Rome lectures, will be issued throughout the year.
(a) Preliminary reading and textbooks:
Gombrich, E. H. J.-The Story of Art. ( Phaidon.)
*Janson, H. W.—A History of Art. ( Thames & Hudson. )
*Hoff, U.—Masterpieces of the National Gallery of Victoria. ( Cheshire, 1949.) Rostovtzeff, M.—Rome. Galaxy Paperback, O.U.P., New York, 1960. )
*Grant, M.—The World of Rome. ( Mentor, N.Y., 1960.) (b) Prescribed for reference:
*Мurrаy, P., and L.—A Dictionary of Art and Artists. (Pelican.)
*Sypher, W.—Art History—An Anthology of Modern Criticism. (Vintage, 1963.) Fry, R.—Last Lectures. Sections 1-5. ( Cambridge, 1939; Beacon Press, 1982. )
*Panofsky, E.—Meaning in the Visual Arts. ( Doubleday, 1955. )
or *Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology. ( O.U.P., 1939; Harper Torch Books, 1982.) Wulf lin, H. Principles of Art History. ( Dover. )
Seltman, C.—Approach to Greek Art. ( Dutton, 1960. ) Richter, G. M. A.-Handbook of Greek Art. ( Phaidon.)
*Carpenter, R.—Esthetic Basis of Greek Art. ( Indiana U.P. ) Carpenter, R.—Greek Sculpture. (U. of Chicago Press, 1960.) Clark, K.—The Nude. (Pelican. )
Morey, C. R.—Early Christian Art. ( Princeton, 1953. ) Scranton, R. L.—Greek Architecture. ( Prentice-Hall, 1962.) Richter, G. M. A.—Three Critical Periods. (Oxford, 1951.
Brown, F. E.—Roman Architecture. ( Prentice
-
Hall, 1961.Strong, D. E.—Roman Imperial Sculpture. ( Tiranti, 1961. ) links, R.—Greek and Roman Portrait Sculpture. ( British Museum.)
White, J. Perspective in Ancient Drawing and Painting. (Hellenic Society, 1956.)
*Stenico, A.—Roman and Etruscan Painting. (The Contact History of Art Series. )
*Pevsner, N.—Outline of European Architecture. (Pelican.)
Great Ages of World Architecture series (for text and illustrations).
Pelican History of Art series (for text and illustrations).
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
Propylaea Kunstgeschichte series (for illustrations; text in German).
Publications of the National Gallery of Victoria. (As for Fine Arts I T above.) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour written papers and a visual examination of one hour. The latter will be based on the illustrations in the relevant chapters of Janson's A History of Art.
Written work as prescribed by the department.
47. FINE ARTS
ВA course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.
No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.
Fine Arts В will be given in 1966 and alternate years.
Students who wish for good reasons to take this subject without having previously taken Fine Arts A must obtain the permission of the lecturer in charge of the subject and must undertake a course of preliminary reading prescribed by the Department.
SYLLABUS
A study of the art of the Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy, with an introduc- tion on Italian Medieval art. The tutorial class will be given mainly to the study of primary and written sources.
Students are required to submit written work.
BOOKS
Monographs and works of reference are not included here; sectional bibliographies will be issued through the year to supplement this basic list. Students are strongly recommended to acquire the books marked with asterisks and to purchase as much visual reference material as possible. The relevant volumes of the series Bibltoteca d'Arte Rizzoli (Tutta la pittura di ... , Tutta la scultura di ... ) are specially recom- mended. Books which students will be permitted to take into the examination room are marked with a double asterisk.
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
*Ovid—Metamorphoses. (Pelican or any other ed.)
*Huizinga, J.—The Waning of the Middle Ages. ( Pelican. ) Waddell, H.—The Wandering Scholars. (Pelican. )
*Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology ( the introductory chapter ). ( O.U.P., 1939;
Harper Torch Books, 1962.)
*Panofsky, E.—Meaning in the Visual Arts (of which the introductory chapter only is identical with the above ). (Doubleday, 1955. )
Van der Meer and Mohrmann-Atlas of the Early Christian World. (Nelson, 1959.)
The Cambridge Modern History, Vol. I (new ed.).
*Burckhardt, J.—The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. (Phaidon.) (b ) Prescribed textbooks:
Primary sources
**Holt, E. G.—A Documentary History of Art. 2 vols. (Doubleday, 1958.) This is a new edition of Literary Sources of Art History. ( Princeton, 1947.)
* *Alberti, L. B.—On Painting. (ed. J. R. Spencer, 1956, Routledge.)
**Vasari, G.—Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects.
( Everyman Nos. 784-7, reprinted 1962, or at least a selected edition such as that edited by Betty Burroughs, Allen & Unwin, 1960.)
* *Maclehose, L. S. (ed. )—Vasari: "On Technique". (Dover. )
*Leonardo—Тhе Paragone. (ed. Richter, O.U.P. )
**Leonardo—Treatise on Painting. (Trans. and annotated by A. P.
‚dahu,
Princeton, 1957.)
or MacCurdy—The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.
or Richter, J. P.—The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Secondary sources
*Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology. (Harper Torch Books, 1962. )
*WölfШiп, H.—Classic Art. (Phaidon.)
*Gould, C.—An Introduction to Italian Renaissance Painting. (Phaidon.) White, J.—The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space.
Pope-Hennessy, J.—Italian Gothic Sculpture. (Phaidon, 1958. ) 72
FINE ARTS
Pope-Hennessy,
J. Italian
Renaissance Sculpture. (Phaidon, 1958.)Pope-Hennessy, J.—Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture. 3 vols.
(Phaidon, 1963.)
Chastel, A. —Art et humanisme à Florence au temps de Laurent le Magni
fique.
Panof sky, E—Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art. (2 vols., Copen- hagen, 1960.)
Wittkower, R.—Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism. (Warburg and.
Courtauld Institutes, and reprint by Tiranti. )
Friedländer, W.—Mannerism in Italian Painting. (Columbia U.P., 1957.) Studies in Western Art, ed. Meiss, 1963, vols. 1 and 2. (Princeton.)
*Kristeller, P. O.—Renaissance Thought. (Harper Torch Books.)
Schevill, F.—Medieval and Renaissance Florence. (Harper Torch Books.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour inners.
48. FINE ARTS C
A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.
This subject is not available for external tuition.
Fine Arts C will be given in 1965 and alternate years.
Students wishing to take this subject without having previously taken Fine Arts A should consult the Fine Arts department about preliminary reading.
SYLLABUS
A study of European art (1750-1950) and art in Australia (1788-1950) with special reference to Romanticism, Neo-classicism, Naturalism, Realism, Impressionism, and some 20th century trends.
Students are required to submit written work.
BOOKS
The following is a basic list only. Further bibliographies will be supplied throughout the year. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Friedlander, W.—David to Delacroix. ( Harvard U.P.) Clark,
K.—The
Gothic Revival. (Murray, 1962.)The Cambridge Modern History, Vol. X. ( New ed., C.U.P., 1960.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
Primary Sources
*Holt, E.
G. —A
Documentary History of Art, Vol. 2, Part III. ( Doubleday, 1958. )*Reynolds, J.—Discourses, ed. Wark, R. R. ( Huntington Library, 1959.)
*Delacroix, E.—The Journals of Eugène Delacroix. Phaidon, 1952.)
*Baudelaire, C. P.—The Mirror of Art. (Phaidon, 1955.) Ruskin,
J.—The
Seven Lamps of Architecture. ( Everyman.)Morris, W.—Selected Writings and Designs, ed. Briggs, A. ( Pelican, 1962.) Céхапnе, P.-Letters, ed. Rewald, J. ( London, 1941. )
Secondary Sources
*Novotny, F.—Painting and Scul ture in Europe 1780-1880. ( Penguin, 1960.) Kaufmann, E.—Architecture in the Age of Reason.
Borie, T. S. R.—English Art 1800-1870. ( O.U.Р., 1959.)
*Hitchcock, H. R.—Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. ( Penguin, 1958.)
Pevsner, N.-Pioneers of Modern Design. (Museum of Mod. Art, N.Y., and Penguin, 1960.)
Rewald,
J.—The
History of Impressionism. (Mus. Mod. Art, N.Y., 1946.) Rewald, J.—Post-Impressionism from Van Gogh to Gauguin. (Mus. Mod. Art,N.Y., n.d. )
Smith, B. Australian Painting. (O.U.P., 1962.)
Herman, M.—The Early Australian Architects and their Work. (Angus & Robert- son, 1954.)
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
FACULTY'' OF ARTS HANDBOOK
HONOURS DEGREE N. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
( For possible combinations with this school see p. 223.)
1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Fine Arts comprises the following subjects:
1. Fine Arts A 2. Fine Arts B 3. Fine Arts C 4. Fine Arts D
5. A grade I subject (see note 1) at honours standard 6. General History part I or General History part II
7. Aesthetics or General History part II or General History part III (b) or General History part III (c). ( See note 2 below.)
Note l
The grade I subject should preferably be chosen from the following: Ancient History part I, Modern History A (if the student is not taking General History part I in his Second Year), English Language and Literature part I, Music A, Philosophy part I, Psychology part I.
Note 2
(a) General History part II may be taken only by students who have taken a First Year History subject.
(b) General History part III (b) may be taken only by students who have been classed in General History part II.
(c) Students are advised to take General History Part I before General History Part III (e). This, however, is not compulsory.
Note 3
Candidates for the degree with honours must also take four additional subjects, including
(a) one approved major (preferably in a foreign language) ; if the major is not in a foreign language the fourth subject of First Year must be part I ( or IA) of a foreign language,
or
(b) an approved sub-major, preferably in a foreign language, and two other subjects, at least one of these four subjects to be part I (or IA) of a foreign language taken in First Year,
or three subjects only
(c) If one of the three—which must include part I (or IA) of a foreign language—is taken at honours standard,
or three subjects only
(d) if two of the three subjects are foreign languages.
Students who have completed the First Year must be approved by the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honours school. The professor of Fine Arts will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained first or second class honours in Fine Arts A and in their grade I honours subject.
2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order:
First Year: (a) Fine Arts A (bons).
(b) A grade I subject (hofs).
(c) First part of approved major or sub-major.
(d) Part I (or IA) of a foreign language. ( See note 3 above.) Sеcond Year: (a) Fine Arts B (bons) or Fine Arts C (bons).
(b) General History part I or General History part I.
(c) Second part of approved major or sub-major.
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Third Year: ' (
a)
Fine Arts C (hovs) or Fine Arts B (hus).(b) Aesthetics* or General History part II or General History part III (b) or General History part III (c).
(c) Third part of approved major or one other pass subject.
Fourth Year:
(a)
Fine Arts D.(b) Thesis.
The final examination in the school of Fine Arts will be divided
into two
parts:Part-I will consist of one 3-hour paper in each of the following:
(1) Classical Art or Medieval Art (2) Italian Art, 1200-1600.
(3) European Art 1750-1950 and Australian Art.
(4) General History part I or part II.
Part II will consist of one 3-hour paper in each of Aesthetics and Fine Arts D, together with the thesis on an approved subject.
46. FINE ARTS A
As for the ordinary degree.
Honour students are expected to read more widely. A bibliographical list to guide them will be provided by the school of Fine Arts.
Tutorial guidance will be offered.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, as for the ordinary degree but at a higher standard.
47. FINE ARTS B
As for the ordinary degree. Students must attend a two-hour weekly seminar, and ( during one or two terns) an additional course of lectures ` ( one hour er week) on a subject complementary to their main course; these will be arranged during the year.
Italian
Some knowledge of the Italian language would be of great assistance
to
studentsof Fine Arts B.
EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers. Two as for the ordinary degree but at
a
higher standard, the third paper on the additional honours work.48. FINE ARTS C
As for the ordinary degree.
An additional weekly seminar throughout the year, and an additional weekly lecture during one or two terms, in which some special aspects of the course will be studied.
EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers. Two as for the ordinary degree but at a higher standard.
The third will be devoted to the honours lectures and seminar work.