Tag Archives: questions to ask in art history

What’s in a Name

Feb 4, 2011 · Add Comment

SO, I’m teaching Art History again. I know, I know, when I teach are history it causes me to get all philosophical, but that’s OK cause the only people put off by my ruminations will be the spam bots anyways. I am using the book, Art: A Brief History, the 4th Edition by Marilyn Stokstad [...]

“-isms” for the 21st Century?

Feb 4, 2011 · Add Comment

A society’s artwork is evaluated by art historians as an attempt to develop theories about that particular society, at that particular time, in human existence. Used as the basis for thesis these art historian’s perspectives and insights become the basis for a generations of student’s education. The events, the art, and the writing of the [...]

Art History as a Primary Source

Oct 25, 2010 · Add Comment

Art History is something that I believe students (I know I did) find frustrating and difficult due to the nature of traditional study. Traditionally, Professors have taught Art History as a linear progression of artworks and styles within one culture.  Although I enjoyed the discussion of color and composition, like most student’s, when it came [...]