Art History

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Art History

• By Erwin Panofsky/Lily Sui

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General Information

• The study of the history and development of art
• For people who are interested in the role of art
  in various cultures
• Art Historians become teachers, researchers, and
  writers

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Branches of Art History

• Iconography image writing
• Semiotics study of signs and symbols
• - Related to structuralism,
  post-structuralism, and
• deconstruction

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Art History Divisions

• Divided into smaller categories by eras and
  regions
• These categories have sub-fields
• - Can be closely related or greatly
  contrasting

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Methodologies

• Used to research the history and quality of
  objects
• Four main methods
• - Formal Analysis
• - Stylistic Analysis
• - Iconographical Analysis
• -Theory

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Art-Historical Understanding

• There are three levels of Art-Historical
  understanding
• - Primary/Natural Subject Manner
• - Secondary/Conventional Subject Manner
• - Intrinsic Meaning/Content

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Bibliography

• Art history. Wikipedia, the free encylopedia.
  2001-2007. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 23
  September 2007. lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_
  historygt
• Erwin Panofsky. Wikipedia, the free
  encylopedia. 2001-2007. Wikimedia Foundation,
  Inc. 23 September 2007. http//en.wikipedia.org/wi
  ki/Erwin_Panofsky
• Fisher, David. Media Quotations. 23 February
  2007. 23 September 2007. lthttp//www.terramedia.co
  .uk/quotations/Quotes_P.htmgt
• UBC Art History and Visual Art Department. 2007.
  University of British Columbia. 23 September
  2007. lthttp//www.ahva.ubc.ca/index.cfmgt