Art History 190 - Colloquium: Art History: Theories, Methods, Debates
Colq:ArtHist:Theories,Methods
Fall
2023
01
4.00
Frazer D. Ward
TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
ARH-190-01-202401
Hillyer 103
fward@smith.edu
The meanings ascribed to art and architecture from any culture or period turn upon the interpreter’s preoccupations and methods. This colloquium examines contemporary debates within the discipline, locating them within the field’s own history. The class asks what kinds of knowledge historians of art and
architecture produce and legitimize? What kinds of questions do they ask, what means do they use to answer them? Considering art and architectural history as a living field, the focus falls on recent scholarship, with an eye to the dynamic ways in which it builds on and/or departs from the history of the
discipline. Enrollment limited to 18. Prerequisites: ARH 110 or a first-year seminar taught by a member of the department.
architecture produce and legitimize? What kinds of questions do they ask, what means do they use to answer them? Considering art and architectural history as a living field, the focus falls on recent scholarship, with an eye to the dynamic ways in which it builds on and/or departs from the history of the
discipline. Enrollment limited to 18. Prerequisites: ARH 110 or a first-year seminar taught by a member of the department.
[CE] ARH 110