Jan 13, 2026  
2025-2026 Binghamton University Academic Guide 
    
2025-2026 Binghamton University Academic Guide

ARTH 500 - Theory and Methods


Credits: 4

Introduction to history, methods and theory in art history. Reviews the development of art history as a discipline, its changing paradigms, and current methods and theories. Acquaints students not only with research tools and methods for answering questions about spatial and visual environments, but also with the historical and social models and the institutional settings that shape our questions in the first place.