LS 675 - The Critical Eye: Looking at Art

(3.00 cr.)

A course in the methods and practices of scholarly research and the writing of a research paper in the field of art history. Participants indulge themselves in the "forensic" methods of art history and practice the formal discipline of writing a research paper: competent expository writing; research techniques and library skills; the proper citation of sources; and the care, nurture, and notation of a good bibliography. The different ways art historians "read" a work of art are examined. The various textures of meaning that contribute to our fascination with works of art are the focus of our reading, writing, and looking.