Art History Methodology and Theory

Catalog description

Undergraduate course discussing various theoretical approaches that have shaped disciplinary perspectives and practices in art history. Introduction to particular types of methodologies (e.g. Marxism, feminism, race and gender, psychoanalysis, post-colonial theory, and deconstruction) as fields of inquiry through which the study of the visual arts and culture have been practiced. Historiography of art history; selected contemporary debates. All seats in all sections reserved for Art History majors and second majors.