This course is designed to introduce and engage first-year PhD students in a discussion of the critical methods that have shaped the discipline of art history. It will include texts considered central to the formation of our academic field, as well as those that have productively intervened in it and expanded its purview and approaches over time. Sessions will be thematically organized and course participants will sign up to formulate key questions and lead discussions around assigned readings. Final presentation and paper topics will be developed in dialogue with the instructor, with a focus on methodological concerns across time periods and geographies.

Textbooks/Other Materials: Will be available through Canvas. No textbook.

Course Requirements: Class Participation (30%), Final Oral Presentation (30%), Final Paper (40%)

Intended Audience: First-year PhD students and Forsyth visiting graduate students

Class Format: 3-hour seminar, once per week

Estimated Cost of Materials: $0-50

HISTART Concentration Distributions: Transregional, Transhistorical