This unit traces the emergence of landscape as an important genre of Western art in the post-Renaissance period, and the roles it played in shaping modern discourses of place, identity and nationhood. The focus is on nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscape art. Topics include the development of landscape art, the importance of colonialism in the landscape tradition, the relationship between landscape art and national discourses of identity, and contemporary approaches to the use of landscape in art. Of particular concern is a comparative study of how landscape art developed in Australia, the USA and Europe. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: at least one Level 1 humanities unit
