| Unit name | Histories of Art |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HART20143 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Price |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit aims to familiarise students with a range of art-historical methods which either construct a history for art, or which link art to a broader history. The unit will centre on issues of methodology and will have a strong textual base. Texts/topics covered may include: Vasari's historiography; Winckelman and cultural history; Hegel and historicism; Morelli and connoisseurship; Wolfflin and the psychological theory of style; Panofsky and iconology' Gombrich's psychological alternative to Hegel; Fry, Greenberg and Modernist theory; Marxist theories of art.
