But financing isn't the only obstacle museum staff and faculty must overcome. The Mellon grant encouraged me to formalize my thinking on the subject. Young concedes that some of his colleagues approach interdisciplinary programs with wariness. You can spread yourself too thin, or you can dilute students' expertise. But some areas, the large movements like symbolism, invite this type of approach.
Romanticism is another example.
Although Giron had only a limited background in art history, she produced original analyses of Balthus paintings that were clearly illuminated by the context of Rilkean and symbolist influence, says her proud teacher. As the semester proceeded class discussions often veered into other areas, such as music and architecture. I suffered through every logarithm, but now I'm glad because, for the past 25 years, I've known something about the universe. And to Moore, that's tragic. Students owe it to themselves to become acquainted with visual art, she believes, to learn that images, like words, have the power to convey meaning, and sometimes to do so in ways that words cannot.