The major theoretical orientations and methodologies associated with art historical study are discussed and evaluated.
Methods range from connoisseurship to the iconographical and social-historical.
It also casts an eye backwards toward the emergence of criticism within the institutions of modernism. Spring A seminar orientation to the major trends and themes of contemporary art, beginning with the reaction against minimalism and the emergence of postminimal or postmodern styles. Special attention is given to current controversies concerning the most recent developments or movements in art, and to current exhibitions of contemporary artists' work in the New York City and Westchester County areas. To be taken twice in consecutive semesters Supervision of research and writing of the master's thesis. A graduate-level independent study based on objects in the Neuberger Museum of Art .