What is art history? What are its premises? Where did it come from? This paper examines the historical foundations of the discipline and the diverse range of contemporary methodological approaches.
Histories of Art investigates the approaches scholars and critics have developed from art history's emergence as a distinct intellectual discipline to the present. This paper is not a comprehensive survey, but rather an intensive and critical examination of key approaches within the field of art history, which will provide students with a solid understanding of their discipline and a greater self-awareness concerning the application of its methods. This paper prepares advanced art history students for their final year of undergraduate study, providing both a continuation and solidification of earlier coursework. Through discussion of a series of historical and contemporary texts, students explore a variety of historical and theoretical issues in art history, criticism, and visual studies. We examine various methodological approaches and issues, including biography, connoisseurship, formalism, iconography, semiotics, social and new art histories, feminism, visual and cultural studies, institutional critique, post-colonialism, and geography.
| Paper title | Histories of Art |
|---|---|
| Paper code | ARTV309 |
| Subject | Art History and Visual Culture |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2020 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $904.05 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $3,954.75 |
- Prerequisite
- One 200-level ARTH, ARTV, HIST or VISC paper
- Restriction
- ARTH 324, ARTH 424, ARTV 409
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- (i) May not be credited together with ARTH 319 or ARTH 414 passed in 2006. (ii) Students who have not passed the normal prerequisite may be admitted with approval from the Head of Department.
- Contact
To be advised when paper next offered.
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of History, Art History & Visual Culture's website
- Teaching staff
To be advised when paper next offered.
- Teaching Arrangements
- Taught by lecture and discussion
- Textbooks
- Course materials will be made available electronically.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Scholarship, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- This paper will transform students from passive readers of art history to active art historians engaged in the further development of the field, review the career paths available for students of art history and theory, and prepare students for the pursuit of more advanced research at the honours and postgraduate levels.
