Skip to main content
Swarthmore Moodle Swarthmore Moodle
  • You are currently using guest access (Log in)
  • LLS 190
  • Syllabus and Assignments
  • Week One: 2/3. Why Study Art History and Close Visual Analysis
  • Week Two: 2/20. Materials, Techniques, Processes and Conservation
  • Week Three: 2/27. Genres and Subjects
  • Week Four: 3/5. Form, Style, and Function
  • Week Five: 10/06. Social and Historical Contexts
  • Week Six: 10/13. Art and Science
  • Week Seven: 10/20. Patronage and the Social and Cultural Status of the Artist
  • Week Eight: 10/27: Gender, Nationality, and Ethnicity
  • Home
  • Calendar
  • Help
  • Support Desk

Looking at Art, The Art of Looking Lifelong Learning Spring 2020

  1. Home
  2. Courses
  3. Organizations
  4. Lifelong Learning
  5. LLS 190

Topic outline

  • Syllabus and Assignments

    • Zoom link to Looking at Art LLS class URL
    • SmartHistory Youtube video on the basics of analyzing the composition of a painting URL
  • Week One: 2/3. Why Study Art History and Close Visual Analysis

    • Powerpoint: Why study art history? File
    • Taylor, An Analysis of a Work of Art File
    • Powerpoint: Taylor article and Close Visual Analysis File
  • Week Two: 2/20. Materials, Techniques, Processes and Conservation

    • Reilly, Artists' Workshops File
    • Powerpoint: The conservation of A Quaker Wedding File
    • Powerpoint: Giotto's Madonna and Child and Painting Materials and Techniques File
  • Week Three: 2/27. Genres and Subjects

    • Week Four: 3/5. Form, Style, and Function

      • Review article: "Apeshit" at the Louvre, "Like Life" at the Met Breuer, and the Persistent Whiteness of Neoclassicism URL
      • Youtube video: "Aps**t" by The Carters (Beyoncé and Jay Z) URL
    • Week Five: 10/06. Social and Historical Contexts

      • Week Six: 10/13. Art and Science

        • Sturken and Cartwright, “Scientific Looking, Looking at Science” File
      • Week Seven: 10/20. Patronage and the Social and Cultural Status of the Artist

        • Kris and Kurz, Front Matter File
        • Kris and Kurz, Table of Contents File
        • Kris and Kurz, Introduction File
        • Kris and Kurz, The Heroization of the Artist in Biography File
      • Week Eight: 10/27: Gender, Nationality, and Ethnicity

        Skip Upcoming events
        Upcoming events
        There are no upcoming events
        Go to calendar...
        You are currently using guest access (Log in)
        Home
        Get the mobile app