A survey of problems and techniques in interpretation, including case-studies in the field of modern art. We will discuss approaches to interpretation (semiotics, phenomenology, deconstruction, social art history) as well as topics of interest to practitioners of various methods (the place of intention in interpretation, formalism). Our readings will include art-historical essays, essays on "theory" (by literary critics as well as art historians) and essays in philosophy by such authors as Yve-Alain Bois, T.J. Clark, Jacques Derrida, Stephen Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels, Rosalind Krauss, Paul de Man, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Richard Schiff. Requirements will include readings, presentations, short papers and class participation. Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102. Limited to majors in Art History and required of them. Art History majors may take ArtH 448 or ArtH 428 to satisfy the requirement for ArtH 301.

Hour: PALERMO