CSCH 3018 The Museum in Victorian Literature
This seminar focuses on 19th-century English and American writings about art, museum culture, and gallery spaces. Students will read and write on two types of texts: works of art history and aesthetic criticism-which theorize the role of art in culture--as well as literary works which prominently feature personal encounters with art. In addition to studying the rise of the museum in Victorian culture, students will visit spaces where art is consumed (the Frick museum and an NYC auction house).