Art history: scientific methods and practice I

larke1145  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Art history: scientific methods and practice I
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
Roucloux Joël; Van Wymeersch Brigitte;
Language
French
Main themes
  • Exercises identification and description of artworks.
  • Learning and appropriate use of everyday vocabulary of art history (architecture, sculpture, painting and decorative arts) and musicology (basic vocabulary and typology of musical instruments from iconography).
  • Identification of the documentary typology and introduction to a system of references.
  • Exercises in reading and synthesis of a scientific article (in art history and / or in musicology).
  • Introduction to heuristics and basic textbooks in art history and musicology.
  • Introduction to some aspects of the study of a work of art and writing a scientific text incorporating a state of the art and a critical apparatus.
  • Exercises in comparison of biographies of musicians, including musicians or actors of the musical world
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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At the end of this teaching unit, the students will have been introduced in the terminology of art history and musicology, heuristic principles, bibliographic references, observation, description and analysis of artwork, writing, illustration and presentation of a scientific work.
 

 

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
Syllabus LARKE1145 : Introduction à la pratique scientifique en archéologie, histoire de l'art et musicologie, et la bibliographie qu'il contient.
Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General