ARTH 4107

The Museum and the Object

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

Gives advanced students the opportunity to work directly with original objects from the collection in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum. Focuses on art and connoisseurship by questioning the ways quality is determined in works of art. Topics include methods of attribution, fakes and forgeries, techniques and media, restoration and conservation, art education and theories of perception. Session leaders include the curatorial staff of the art museum.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: History of Art Majors.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

Comments Course enrollment is required to participate in the History of Art Majors Society Museum Exhibition.

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