This course explores the production and analysis of art and has two interrelated goals. The first is to develop students’ critical engagement with art, architecture, and visual culture. The second goal is to explore the historiography and methodologies that shape art historical inquiry. Organized around several major topics that have informed the ways in which art is created and interpreted, the class also provides an opportunity for specific applications of various methodological approaches through visual analyses of individual artworks. This course offers a foundation from which students can discuss and critically analyze art and visual culture as well as broader cultural movements and historical debates. Seminar format, readings, and discussion. Prerequisite is one of the following: ARTH 100, and one additional ARTH course, or consent of instructor