13440
Seminar
Close Looking
Max Boersma
Comments
Close looking is a foundational skill to the practice of art historians, a type of visual engagement and patient attention distinct from most everyday experiences with images. This seminar introduces close looking both theoretically and practically, enabling students to develop an original research paper out of their own firsthand observations of a work of art. For this task, students will take part in an excursion to the Neue Nationalgalerie, where each student will select a single artwork for a guided, three-hour close looking exercise. Before this museum excursion, a series of initial meetings will focus on key concepts, techniques, and benefits of visual analysis, emphasizing the capacity for close looking to generate new insights and questions. Following the exercise, students will present their own findings and reflections, which will then form the basis for final papers. close
7 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Fri, 2024-04-26 12:00 - 14:00
Fri, 2024-05-10 12:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2024-05-24 12:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2024-06-07 10:00 - 16:00
Neue Nationalgalerie
Fri, 2024-06-21 12:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2024-07-05 12:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2024-07-19 12:00 - 16:00