About Themes and issues in contemporary art history

This course prepares you for independent art historical research by introducing you to some of the key issues that are current in art history. Youll explore the way that art history has been constructed as narrative, with particular reference to Renaissance Italy; recent developments in the social history of art, with particular reference to eighteenth and early nineteenth century British landscape art; and issues of identity, difference and the performative in contemporary art. At the end, youll be expected to write a project on a topic related to the themes and issues of the course.