Art History (ARTH)

Selected topics from the history of Greek and Roman Art.

Original research into problems dealing with the art of the Middle Ages.

Investigations in the area of Renaissance art, centering around major masters and monuments.

Investigations in the area of baroque art, centering around major masters and monuments.

Lectures, readings, reports, and discussions in the field of modern art.

The relationship between the definition of, and approach to, art-historical problems from Vasari to the present.

Preparation of graduate students for professional careers in academia and museum work, involving creation of publishable articles and grant writing. In the academic world, and particularly in the humanities, the publication of articles and books is understood to be a marker of success and, along with teaching skills, the basis on which appointments are made and tenure granted. Essential to this body of production is the execution and placement of one's research undertakings, skills that the "Methods Seminar" is designed to hone. No less valued by those who make appointments and offer promotion are the grants and fellowships that a candidate has won. Indeed, since research in art history involves travel to and residence at museum, library and archive sites- whether these be in North America or abroad-financial support is a necessity for most aspiring professionals and is regarded as evidence of external validation of their investigations. Training in "grant writing" is also covered in the seminar. Even before field work is undertaken, the investigator must be aware of the "state of research," work normally undertaken at one's own university library. In this domain there are better and worse ways of taking notes. The seminar discusses these methods and goes beyond them to consider the optimum means by which such records are organized and assembled prior to the delivery of papers and the production of articles. The nature of an oral presentation and a publishable paper are distinct activities and this difference needs to be learned. The more complex skills involved in the writing of articles, the securing of photographs and concomitant permissions, and the choice of the journal to which the "finished" piece should be submitted are dealt with at even greater length.

Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.

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Supervised experience for teaching assistants in art history.

Foreign study and/or research approved by the graduate program for students enrolled in a foreign university constituting progress toward the degree.