Art History — Study Path Agent

Art History

57 topics across 6 chapters

Chapter 1

Foundations: Methods, Terminology & Looking

Visual Analysis: Elements, Principles & Composition

Iconography, Symbolism & Narrative

Materials, Techniques & Mediums

5 subtopics

Painting: Fresco, Oil, Acrylic & Conservation Issues

Sculpture: Stone, Bronze, Wood & Installation

Architecture: Plan, Elevation, Structure & Style

Prints, Drawing & Reproductive Media

Photography, Film & New Media History

3 subtopics

Modern Photography Movements (Pictorialism to New Topographics)

Video Art, Net Art & Digital Installation Milestones

Caring for Media Art: Obsolescence, Formats & Documentation

Research, Citation & Art-History Writing

3 subtopics

Finding Scholarly Sources (Catalogs, JSTOR, Archives)

Writing a Formal Analysis & Comparative Essay

Presentations: Slides, Captions & Speaking About Art

Critical Theories & Historiography

3 subtopics

Formalism, Stylistic Analysis & Connoisseurship

Social Art History: Marxism, Feminism, Postcolonialism

Semiotics, Psychoanalysis & Visual Culture Studies

Conservation, Provenance & Authenticity Basics

Chapter 2

Ancient to Medieval Art

Prehistoric Art & Early Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt)

Greek & Roman Art and Architecture

Late Antique & Byzantine Art

Early Islamic Art & Architecture

Medieval European Art (Romanesque & Gothic)

Ancient–Medieval Key Monuments: Case-Study Practice

Chapter 3

Renaissance to Baroque Art

Early Renaissance Italy (c. 1400–1490)

High Renaissance & Mannerism

Northern Renaissance (Netherlands, Germany)

Baroque & Rococo Europe

Colonial Art of the Americas (1500–1800)

Renaissance–Baroque Artists, Patrons & Workshops: Case Studies

Chapter 4

Modern to Contemporary Art

19th-Century Art (Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism)

Avant-Gardes 1900–1945 (Fauvism to Surrealism)

↗ Photography, Film & New Media History (see Chapter 1)

Postwar to Contemporary 1945–Today

Modernism vs Postmodernism: Key Debates

Global Contemporary Art: Biennials, Networks & Identity

Chapter 5

Global & Cross-Cultural Art Histories

South & Southeast Asian Art Surveys

East Asian Art Surveys (China, Korea, Japan)

African Art Histories & the African Diaspora

Indigenous Arts of the Americas & Oceania

Trade, Exchange & Hybridity in Art (Silk Road to Atlantic World)

2 subtopics

Silk Road Visual Culture: Focused Case Studies

Atlantic World & Global Baroque: Focused Case Studies

Decolonizing & Comparative Methods in Art History

Chapter 6

Museums, Curating & the Art Market

Museum Studies: Collections, Interpretation & Education

Art Market: Galleries, Auctions, Collecting & Authentication

Cultural Heritage Law, Restitution & Ethics

Curatorial Practice: Exhibitions, Loans & Condition Reports

Public Art, Monuments & Memory