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Jan 02, 2025
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ARHI137 PO - History and Ethics of CollectingWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2024
Instructor(s): V. Sancho Lobis
Credit: 1
This course will consider the philosophies and practices of collecting with special attention to art collections and the parallel history of the formation of museums. Moving from a recognition of the past to our agency in the present this course will engage the following questions: How do we individually or collectively determine which objects are worthy of preservation? Which structures are required for the maintenance of collections? What are some of the historical turning points in the methods for preserving and displaying collections specifically art collections? What role do these and other collections serve in society today? Utilizing the collections held at the Benton Musuem of Art as well as other collections across campus and held locally in greater Los Angeles this course will ask students to consider their stake as stewards of cultural heritage.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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