VSA4012

Approaches to art history

(ART)

John Gregory

12 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prohibitions: VSA3010

Synopsis: This subject is designed to equip students for honours in art history and theory, by introducing and developing skills and methods appropriate to advanced studies in the field. Following preliminary attention to methodological questions, seminars will then focus on a range of 'hands-on' matters such as the production of catalogues raisonées and single-artist monographs, technical examination and conservation, the relevance of new technologies (eg CD-ROM and the Internet), research methods (including archival work), and general principles of thesis/research paper writing in art history and theory.

Assessment: First exercise (2500 words): 25% + Seminar paper (2500 words): 25% + Essay (4000 words): 50%