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Cursus: GKMV18010
GKMV18010
Theorie en methoden van de kunst- en architectuurgeschiedenis.
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CursuscodeGKMV18010
Studiepunten (EC)5
Cursusdoelen
The aim of this class is to give students a hands-on, example-based insight into the variety of methodological approaches which have an impact both on the theoretical and the applied realm of art history. Putting theories to the test while looking at the example of museum collections also will encourage students to think critically about theory, and about the gaps between theory and practice.
 
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This class will introduce students to main discourses on art historical subjects and questions since the emergence of the modern professionalized academic discipline and its institutions. The focus of the lecture sessions will be on museum histories, as they relate to the history of ideas and methods which have shaped art history. As an empirical basis for the discussions in the seminar sessions, we will thus look at the genesis and conception of some of the most important museum collections worldwide. Each museum history will be exemplarily connected to a concept or paradigm which is relevant for art historical discourse. As museum histories are embedded into larger political histories or histories of ideas, this class will deal mostly with meta concepts such as universalism, canon building, or the nation and their impact on art historical theory and practice. During the seminar sessions we will read and discuss selected texts to enhance our understanding of these concepts.




 

 
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