HAU11009 Sources and Methods 1
This module introduces students to some of the key writers on the history of art and their different approaches to the analysis of visual images, objects and structures.
- Module Organisers:
- Team taught
- Duration:
- Semester 1
- Contact Hours:
- 1 lecture per week
- Weighting:
- 5 ECTS
- Assessment:
- textual analyses and book review
- Course open to:
[M=mandatory; O= optional]- Single Honors (M), Columbia dual degree (M)
The course will examine the historiography of art history, tracing the development of different approaches to the assessment of artworks and buildings and how it has impacted on the establishment of canons. Students will be introduced to key methodological concepts and their protagonists, together with some of the main secondary sources used in the study of the History of art and architecture.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- the diverse and multifaceted nature of art historical enquiry
- Critically discuss the protagonists that have had a significant impact on art-historical research and writing over the last centuries.
- Analyse the origins of those theories, and their relevance to art history as an academic discipline