The Translingual Historiography of Art

3 Credits.

This seminar takes on the task of tracing the translingual histories of key terms in Art History studies. How did phrases as fundamental as "art," that we take for granted in our writings in English, find its equivalents in different languages? And how did this translational process, often happened in the nineteenth century, engender and shape a translingual renegotiation with each culture's existent traditions and discourses on art? While interrogating the historiography of art through these translingual practices, we will also compile the resources for future communal use.