Admission requirements
See MA Art History program guide and Exam regulations
Description
Current debates in the field of art history centre around such topics as art history versus visual culture, and material culture studies; the Euro-American focus of the discipline and the globalizing world; the relationship between history, architectural history, and cultural heritage; the relationship between art and science. Through these specialist debates runs the issue of two main ways of studying art, i.e. historical (that is primarily informed by the historical study of primary sources) versus theoretical (that is primarily informed by a variety of theories). These topics of debate will be exemplified and discussed in a series of seminar meetings. Students will get readings and assignments to prepare the meetings.
Course objectives
To acquire insight into a variety of current debates and practices in Art History; to be able to analyse and understand various scholarly positions and their consequences, and to position oneself in relation to these; to develop skills in discussion and in oral and written presentation.
Timetable
See website MA Art History semester 1, September 2010. Timetable
Mode of instruction
Seminar meetings, lectures with discussion
Assessment method
Assignment: a paper which discusses the viewpoints and readings presented and discussed during the seminars (length of paper: max. 3.000 words, excl. notes and references).
Blackboard
Blackboard is used for assigned literature, and communication with regard to the texts.
Required reading
To be assigned
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Contact
Academic content, Prof. Dr. R. Zwijnenberg (School of Art History):
Study coordinator MA: stucokg@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
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