ARTH 4107 - The Museum and the Object

(crosslisted)
(also VISST 4607) (CA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

Permission of instructor is required for freshmen and sophomores. Enrollment is limited to: History of Art majors only.

C. Finley.

Gives advanced students the opportunity to work directly with original objects from the collection in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum. Focuses on art and connoisseurship by questioning the ways quality is determined in works of art. Topics include methods of attribution, fakes and forgeries, technique and media, restoration and conservation, art education and theories of perception. Session leaders include the curatorial staff of the art museum.