Listed in: Art and the History of Art, as ARHA-350
Yael R. Rice (Section 01)
What is art history? What is its history? What are its premises and where does it come from? This seminar will explore the historical foundations, formulations, and applications of current art historical methods, the foundations of the art historical discipline as it emerged from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as attitudes towards and theories on art practice in their diverse global contexts from before the modern period. Both practice and theory will be considered through discussion of select texts and objects drawn from a variety of traditions. Topics may include: style and periodization; iconography, narratology, and phenomenology; semiotics; the social functions of images and the social history of art; the cultural foundations of representation, aesthetics, and vision; art and the material world; art, gender, and sexuality; collecting and commodification of art; and post-colonialism and post-modernism.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Rice.
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM FAYE 217
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communities of Style: Portable Luxury Arts, Identity, and Collective Memory in the Iron Age Levant | University Of Chicago Press | Marian H. Feldman | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Anachronic Renaissance | Zone Books | Christopher Wood & Alexander Nagle | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Sensuous Surfaces: The Decorative Object in Early Modern China | University of Hawaii Press | Jonathan Hay | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Worldly Affiliations: Artistic Practice, National Identity, and Modernism in India, 1930-1990 | University of California Press | Sonal Khullar | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.