Introduction to scientific research in doctoral studies: selection of a topic for doctoral thesis

Pre-requisites: Regular attendance at classes. Participation in discussions. No special prerequisites.

Course objectives: Preparing candidates for the field of Theory of Art History. Improvement of a comprehensive knowledge of specific areas of scientific research in Art History.

Course description: Review (mapping) of the specific fields of study and research in Art History: History of Ancient Art, Medieval Art History, History of Architecture, Art History of the Modern Period, History of Modern Art, Museology and Heritology, Epistemology of Art History.

Learning Outcomes: Identifying specific, essential and strategic issues of Art History. The student is qualified to decide independently on the desired specific area for further scientific work and selects the topic of PhD thesis.

Literature/Reading:

• B. Brajson, Kratka istorija bezmalo svačega, Beograd: Laguna 2005.
• L. Rodley, Byzantine Art and Architecture: An introduction, Cambridge Un. Press 1994
• Arhitektura i istorija (tematski broj), De Re Aedificatoria 1, Beograd 1990.
• N. Bryson, M. A. Holly, Visual Culture: Images and Interpretations, Wesleyan University Press 1994.
• S. Brajović, U Bogorodičinom vrtu, Beograd 2006
• N. Makuljević, Umetnost i nacionalna ideja u XIX veku, Beograd 2006, IX-XVI
• Foster, Krauss, Bucloh, Bois, Art Since 1900, Thames& Hudson, London 2004.
• D. Bulatović, ”Istorija umetnosti i zaštita kulturnih dobara”, Povelja, Nova serija, godina XXV, br.2, Kraljevo 1995.
• M. Timotijević, Srpsko barokno slikarstvo, Novi Sad 1996, 131-151
• L. Šelmić, Srpsko zidno slikarstvo XVIII veka, Novi Sad 1987, 7-37
• Colin Trodd, «The discipline of pleasure; or, how art history looks at the art museum», Museum and society, 1 (1): 17-29 (2003)