Connoisseurship & Museum Procedures

3 units

The course deals with the theory of connoisseurship, an approach to the study of the history of art based on examination and direct knowledge of works of art. Readings emphasize various approaches to connoisseurship. Students experience the practice side of connoisseurship doing research and writing papers about specific works of art in the collections of the Washington University Gallery of Art and St. Louis Art Museum.