ARTHIST 718 A & B

Museums: Past and Present


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for ARTHIST 718.

Description

"Museums: Past and Present" is a course which examines the history of museums from Renaissance private collections up to recent “new generation” museums such as the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Topics covered include the origins of museums in Renaissance art collecting, the beginnings of public museums, private artists’ museums, natural history museums and museums of modern art, as well as the involvement of contemporary artists with the museum.

Changing concepts of the museum will be addressed, as well as the notions of collections and how they were formed. Students will present seminars and write a longer research essay on individual museums or issues connected to the museum concept.

To complete this course students must enrol in ARTHIST 718 A and B, or ARTHIST 718.

Availability 2019

Not taught in 2019

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Iain Buchanan

Reading/Texts

V. Newhouse Towards a New Museum, New York, 1998
T. Bennett The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics, London, 1995
 

Points

ARTHIST 718A: 15 points

ARTHIST 718B: 15 points

Restrictions

MUSEUMS 750