Art Historical Methods 1

Course Overview

This course provides an advanced introduction to the methodologies used by art historians. By focusing on several outstanding historical and critical readings, as well as discussions and project-based learning, the student will be introduced to some of the major methodologies that have shaped the field: formalism, biographical analysis, connoisseurship, museum curation, brain-based learning, color theory, iconographical analysis, psychoanalytic theory, Marxist theory and the social history of art, gender theory, forgery and authentication, and art direction. Each student may choose art works of particular interest through which to apply these critical lenses.

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