Teaching Philosophy, Part 2: Art History Skills
The historical study of art also develops skills particular to the discipline. These include:
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the precise description of the content and form of a work of art (for pedagogical purposes, I label these skills Iconography and Formal Analysis)
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the identification of traditional and innovative elements in a work of art
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the establishment of the historical context of a work of art through the meaningful relating of image to text
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the discernment of a program encompassing the various elements of a single monument.
I have ordered these skills from lower level to higher. I will elaborate on each in due course.