Methodology of Modern Art History

Pre-requisites: Regular attendance at classes and consultations. Participation and work in class. Compulsory preparation for class on the basis of previously determined reading list.

Course objectives: Specific application of the scientific research bases and interpretative methods in their own work - scientific work and study text in the field of History and Theory of Modern Art.

Course description: Theoretical part of teaching: History of Modern Art History and fundamental methodological trends and doctrines primarily during the 20th century and at the end of the 20th century: Modernism and its methods; what is Postmodernism; Postmodernism and Methodology; what is the New Art History; Formalism / Structuralism / Psychoanalysis / the New Art History. Practical work: Text analysis; applying the analysis to a specific thematic issue or a problem.

Learning Outcomes: The student is qualified for independent, scientific and creative interpretation of a work of art, phenomenon, approach, or a problem.

Literature/Reading:

• Art History and its Methods, ed. by E. Fernie, Phaidon, London 1996
• Art in Modern Culture, ed. by F. Frascina & J. Harris, Phaidon, London 1995
• The Art of Art History, ed. by D. Preziosi, Oxford History of Art, Oxford University Press, London
• Postmodern Arts, an Introductory Reader, ed. by N. Wheale, Rotledge, London New York 1995.
• Foster, Krauss, Bucloh, Bois, Art Since 1900, Thames& HUdson, London 2004.
• Art in Theory 1900-1990, An Anthology of Changing Ideas, ed. by C.Harrison & P. Wood, Oxford/Cambridge 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996
• R.S. Nelson, R. Šif, Kritički termini istorije umetnosti, Svetovi, Novi Sad, 2004