ART HISTORY
Welcome to art history!
You will need to hone your natural investigative skills to excel in art history courses.
In art history courses, a student must:
Attend lectures and take good notes
Read and annotate assigned course material
Study artistic techniques and technical vocabulary related to art
Review published academic literature to use as sources in research projects
Analyze and make one’s own observations about an artifact or piece of art
Create an argument about what a piece means and its significance, then back it up with as much good evidence as you can find
Which sounds like a lot! And it is, and it takes a certain amount of discipline to do well. Still, for your hard work, you’ll learn a lot about history, literature, religion, how people make things, and why.
Chicago Citations
In Art History, you're going to be expected to utilize Chicago often! In this video tutorial, you can see this implemented on an example Art History paper.
Museums to Search for Artifacts & Art
Visual Analysis in Art History
Cleveland Institute of Art: Glossary of Art Terms
The above PDF explains necessary art vocabulary terms that you'll need to use in order to describe the technical aspects of the works you're investigating (technical meaning the technique in making art). By incorporating these terms, you'll show greater understanding in how artists make their creative decisions.