Learning outcomes

The heuristics course of Block 2 is intended to train students in the methodological bases of research in Art History and Archaeology. In the field of art analysis, the exercise carried out within the framework of this course should enable students to characterise a work of art from the Middle Ages or Modern Times, to situate it in its context and to constitute a catalogue of comparable works. This course also provides the student with the basics of research in architectural history. The course is designed to enable students to deepen their experience of documentary research by learning to master new research tools and new types of sources (written archives, ancient iconography, etc.). It should also provide the methodological basis for the observation and recording of architecture in situ. Finally, it must offer the rudiments of formal analysis of architecture.

Content

The course has two components: - Audience sessions used for theoretical methodological presentations, question and answer sessions and interactive seminars in which students have to present the progress of their work, among other things. - The actual practical work, consisting of three exercises (see Exercises)

Assessment method

The assessment is based on the three exercises that the student completes throughout the year (two exercises in Q1 and one exercise in Q2). The third exercise (Q2) requires an in situ presentation of a monument. The quality of this oral presentation and its appropriateness to the written and iconographic material provided by the student are also part of the evaluation of exercise 3. Finally, an examination is given on all the sites visited during the study trip in the second semester. The result of this test is also taken into account in the student's overall assessment.

Sources, references and any support material

Bibliography, instructions, powerpoints, etc.

Language of instruction

Français