This course familiarizes the student with the concepts and various aspects of conservation, its role in museums and the care of collections, with emphasis on materials, structure, deterioration and preservation of material culture. This class explores the Goddess and her many guises from prehistory through the present day. Sacred images of women drawn from archaic and classical mythology, Biblical and Christian sources are analyzed from a feminist perspective. Art History Travel Travel course to selected locations to study major monuments and collections of art and architecture. The goal in this course is to learn methods and resources for research in areas where little or no published research exists.
Students do original research.
Required of all MA candidates. ARTH 4814 Seminar in Medieval Art Selected topics, advanced research papers, reports. ARTH 4821 Seminar in Renaissance Art Selected topics, advanced research papers, reports. Seminar in 18th Century Art Selected topics, advanced research papers, reports. ARTH 4833 Seminar in 20th Century Art Selected topics, advanced research papers, reports.