Instructor:
MB Visona`
624
Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
School of Art & Visual Studies Building
Room:
Rm.106
Semester:
Fall 2024
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Thry & Methods: Investigating Provenance
Class Type:
SEM
3:30 pm
4:45 pm
Days:
TR
Note:
The documented history of an object, or its provenance, often includes illicit acts, such as looting, theft, the desecration of sacred sites, the destruction of the archaeological record, embezzlement, and fraud. Art historians who investigate the provenance of an artwork thus need to use multiple research techniques, and to address complex ethical issues. Additional theoretical concerns arise when art historians employ a "social biography of things" - particularly the traces of interactions embedded in the object itself - to address the shifting values assigned to an artwork as it passes through time and crosses cultural divides.
According to the subtitle, the seminar will focus on different theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to art and visual studies. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: graduate status or consent of instructor.
According to the subtitle, the seminar will focus on different theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to art and visual studies. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: graduate status or consent of instructor.
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