Framing art history in the liberal arts: The academy and museum in interdisciplinary dialogue
Goebel C.C.
2018
Academics, Artists, and Museums: 21st-Century Partnerships
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10.4324/9780203733134
Engaging students with original artwork is a joy of teaching art history. However, orchestrating faculty, administrators, and students in collaborating through a vast pedagogical art history collection is a truly unique undertaking. When Augustana College launched a new first-year curriculum, I curated an exhibition to complement the winter-term theme of the birth of modern times. The museum became a classroom and the classroom, a forum for works of art. Resulting publications became common texts, featuring faculty/student essays in fields ranging from anthropology to zoology. The project effectively taught critical thinking, comparative analysis and chronological developments. Current and forthcoming generations need these skills to succeed amidst the technological, instantaneous zeitgeist in which they learn. By framing art in the liberal arts, we enrich and engage students as well as faculty. And in so doing, the Academy continually validates the pedagogical role of the Museum and its expanding collections through interdisciplinary dialogue. © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Irina D. Costache and Clare Kunny; individual chapters, the contributors.
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Taylor and Francis
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