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111-418 The History, Philosophy, Architecture and Design of Art Museums

Year 4 Fine Arts.

Credit points: 16.7 4th year

Coordinator: Ms Alison Inglis.

Prerequisite: Two art history subjects at second or third-year level.

Contact: A 2-hour seminar each week in the first semester.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

In addition to the above, this subject aims to:

Content:

A critical examination of the history of private collecting, the rise of the Art Museum in the late C18th and C19th and its various functions in western culture up to the present.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 6,000 words.

Prescribed texts:


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