DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
FINE4951: Art History Thesis
Fridays 8:00-10:45am, CU Bldg. 1120

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The seminar is intended to prepare students for professional and graduate work in writing, while developing original thinking through the composition of a carefully researched thesis paper in art history.  Only advanced students in art history, who are drawing towards the conclusion of their degree, will be permitted to enroll.  The aim of the paper, the topic of which is to be chosen in consultation with the teacher, is to assess an aspect of the arts or of art history.

• Spring 2016 BA Thesis syllabus

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Art history: Professional issues in the news:

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• Leonard Lauder leaves his world-class Modernism collection to Met
• FBI may solve the mysterious Isabella Stewart Gardner art theft
• After 30-year restoration, Raphael's papal rooms are on display at Vatican
• Brooklyn Museum ponders fate of "problematic" gifts
• Contemporary African artists struggle with local and global issues
• Tate's photographic archive rescued from dumpster!
• Prado Museum claims its "fake" Mona Lisa is a historical copy
• Creative Time's Anne Pasternak "is changing the way we see art"