Course Description

AHI 210: Museums and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisites: Graduate status in art history or an allied field. Issues accompanying the evolution and function of museums from cabinets of curiosities in sixteenth-century Europe to modern art centers. Examination of divergent motives behind collecting, exhibiting, and interpretation of objects. Investigation of museums’ historical legacies and continuing philosophical dilemmas.

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