The subject matter of the lecture series ranges from classical to contemporary art. Space is also given to categories outside the conventional canon. Art and Power' offers a number of historical and topical seminar options which may be taught in either of the two terms. These options are designed to provide students with smaller group teaching. All of them direct students toward the specific consideration of the relationship between art and power in societies.
Students take one out of several options on offer during the academic year.
These options are designed to provide students with smaller group teaching. All open up questions relating to the original function of sites, monuments and objects now enshrined within categories such as 'art' or 'heritage'. Students will be encouraged to consider not only historical origins, but also the contexts within which objects are 'aestheticised'. Students take one out of several options on offer during the academic year. It also offers a choice of more detailed case studies in the techniques of particular artists or groups, and in the methods and ethics of conservation.