Art is not a singular entity, but changes in time and space as the cultures that produce it changes. The History of Art major introduces students to art within the whole spectrum of our visual experience. It encompasses studies in visual arts, literature, film and new media, architecture, landscape architecture and the impact of other art and design practice on the history of cultures. Learning to experience aesthetic pleasure through emotional intuition and intellectual learning is an essential means of exploring the serious issues of past and present cultures from many parts of the world including Europe, America, Asia and Australia. The Visual Arts discipline at UWA is unique in its focus on art history, and benefits from its grouping in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts with other disciplines that represent a breadth and depth of relevant design experience. Students have the benefit of seeing exhibitions of art work in the Faculty's Cullity Gallery as well as the University's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. A number of Visual Arts staff members are practicing artists and bring their experience to bear both in the History of Art major and also in art practice units that may be taken alongside history units.
