The iconology and sociology of art

lhart2220  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

The iconology and sociology of art
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Dekoninck Ralph;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
The course adopts a transhistorical perspective to examine the contributions of the social history of art and of the sociology of art to the interpretation of art.
Aims

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

1 Acquisition of in-depth knowledge in the field of sociological theories and methods applied to the art world.
 

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”.
Content
The course begins with an overview of the major historiographical landmarks in the formation of the social history of art and then of the sociology of art.
The main research tendencies in the sociology of art are then presented so as to explore the contribution of the sociology of art to the study of the creation and reception of artworks, and also to the interpretation of artworks and to the appreciation of their artistic dimension.
The course then moves in three directions: historiographical (historical contextualisation of sociological theories and studies); epistemological (critical thinking about the transformations of art history through its encounter with sociology); hermeneutic (development of interpretative tools).
 
Teaching methods
Lectures by the course teacher and by guest speakers, personal reading by students.
Evaluation methods
Oral examination
Other information
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Online resources
Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
ARKE


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Advanced Master in Visual Cultures

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [120] in Philosophy