Art Historical Methods Seminar (391-0-1)

Topic

The History and Methods of Art History

Instructors

Alicia Caticha

Meeting Info

Kresge 4354 Art Hist. Sem. Rm.: Fri 1:00PM - 3:50PM

Overview of class

This seminar provides an introduction to art historical research methods for undergraduates and is intended for majors in their junior year. The seminar will survey the history of Art History with a focus on recent debates and interventions in the field. The seminar will also provide students with concrete tools to develop, research, and write a piece of original art historical scholarship. What does it mean to ask an original art historical research question? What is historiography and how is it critical for mapping out and developing an original thesis statement and argument? What constitutes "evidence," and how is the dominant perception of "evidence" shaped by the origins of Art History as an academic field of study?

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression