Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Evolution of museums in
the western world from the “cabinet of curiosities” of
sixteenth-century Europe to the modern “art center.” The changing
motives behind collecting, exhibiting, and interpretation of
objects. Attention to museums’ historical legacies and continuing
philosophical dilemmas. Offered in alternate years.
GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, VL, WE.