111-110 Introduction to Art History B: Artist and Audience

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Subject Description

This subject explores the relationships between art, artist, and audience by examining four major themes from Medieval Art to Contemporary Art: (a) the artist as genius (creativity, originality, and the cult of genius); (b) the artist and patron (public and private, church and state, collectors and dealers); (c) art as institution (museums, tourism, publications, web sites, cultural appropriation); (d) the artist and the critic (the rise and fall of reputations, the reception of art, the critic today).

Assessment

Written work totalling not more than 4,000 words.

Prescribed Texts

• Michael Baxandall, Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, 2nd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
• Wally Caruana, Aboriginal Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1993.
• Anna Moszynska, Abstract Art. London: Thames and Hudson 1990.
• Loren Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome, 1400-1600. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson 1996.
• Paul Smith, Impressionism: Beneath the Surface. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1995.
• Brandon Taylor, The Art of Today. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1995.
• Daniel Wheeler, Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present. New York: Vendome Press, 1991.