DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
FINE4790/5790: Methods of Art History
Student Commons, Room 3208
Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:: A seminar
in the nature and purpose of the study of the history of art, in which the
student is introduced to basic approaches and various research methodologies in
the history of art. Scholars rely on an array of research methods in order to
formulate histories of art. In this seminar, we will study the history of art
history for the sake of understanding the origins, applications, and strengths
and weaknesses of these methods; acquaint ourselves with major figures who
devised some of the principal tools for crafting written narratives of art;
contextualize art historiography so as to ascertain the motives and social
forces underlying significant developments; and assess the current state of art
history, so as to determine how scholars today continue and change this
centuries-old discipline. Our focus is not art’s history itself; rather, our
attention will center on the history of the history of art, and the methods on
which that history was founded, has shifted, and continues to evolve.
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