History of Exhibitions.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 seminar hours. 3 credits. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students and students in the accelerated opportunity. The course examines exhibitions as a fixture of the art world and a major field of art-historical inquiry. It traces the development of temporary displays of art in the Western world from their origins in the eighteenth century to the present day and explores case studies from varying times, locations and cultures. The course also explores strategies for understanding the appearance and layout of exhibitions from archival research to digital reconstructions.