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What questions do art historians ask, and how do they justify their answers? This beginning course, required for AH majors, introduces basic components of the discipline of art history in its many diverse branches, its technical terminology, and basic research skills. Types of visual evidence are differentiated: content, form, formal organization, style, iconography, identifying conventions vs. original inventions. The course contains a brief survey of “classic” approaches to studying art, describing the emergence of the specific discipline of art history, standard methods, and recent developments. Case studies are important in this course; one, for instance, examines how a work of art was treated by contemporary commentators, and subsequently by art historians of various schools through the centuries. New motivations, contexts, and available technologies have constantly led to new understanding.
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