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Title: 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

3
Branches of Art History
  • Iconography image writing
  • Semiotics study of signs and symbols
  • - Related to structuralism,
    post-structuralism, and
  • deconstruction

4
Art History Divisions
  • Divided into smaller categories by eras and
    regions
  • These categories have sub-fields
  • - Can be closely related or greatly
    contrasting

5
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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The End
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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
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