NZ Scholarship Art History case studies
NZ Scholarship Art History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
This page is an independent study resource for candidates preparing for New Zealand Scholarship Art History, an award administered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). Scholarship is a stand-alone award that sits above NCEA Level 3 and is typically attempted by high-achieving secondary students in their final year, though candidates should confirm their eligibility with their school. The NZ Scholarship Art History case studies are 5 cases and about 3,408 words.
1The Donor's Deadline: Attributing an Unsigned Dutch Panel
You are curatorial assistant at a regional gallery that holds an unsigned oil on oak panel, Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar, catalogued as 'Circle of a minor Haarlem master, c. A donor's family has pledged NZ 250,000 for a new storage facility, conditional on the work being reattributed to a named master before the bequest deed is signed in six weeks.
702 words, about 4 min2The Pare and the Board Table: Repatriation, Care, and Exhibition Timing
A provincial museum holds a nineteenth-century Māori carved pare (door lintel) acquired in 1903 from a private collector. The provenance record has a gap between the 1860s and 1903.
721 words, about 4 min3A Single Source in a Scholarship Essay
A Scholarship candidate submits a draft arguing that a 1958 New Zealand painting, Suburban Street with Power Lines, is a sustained critique of postwar conformity. The essay cites one 1976 survey text and one 1982 interview with the artist.
668 words, about 3 min4Dating a Demolition Photograph: Archive Conflict and Catalogue Deadline
You are writing a catalogue entry for a 1930s gelatin silver photograph of a demolition site in a New Zealand city. Archive A dates the image to 1931; Archive B says 1934.
642 words, about 3 min5The Restored Scan: Digital Alteration and Colonial Watercolour
A publisher wants to reproduce a nineteenth-century watercolour, Harbour with Cutter, in a book on colonial New Zealand art. The original has faded.
675 words, about 3 min