The management of art work, exhibition organization, pricing an art work, finding sponsorship for an exhibition and marketing of an art work and the details of contracts with artists and the role of curator will be covered in this course. The transportation, insurance, preservation of the exhibited art work, producing documents for the exhibition catalog, presentation and communication with the government and private galleries will be other themes of the course.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
The beginnings of art history, art collectors during Renaissance period, Vasari and 18th century treatment of art; Winckelmann
2nd Week
Art production in Florence, atelier, artist, tradition
3rd Week
Separation of the palace from production, the formation of a fine arts market
4th Week
Essays on Baumgarten and aesthetics
5th Week
Conversion of the Palace collection into Salon exhibitions
6th Week
Criticism of art
7th Week
Establishment of national museums open to the public, the Uffizi and the Louvre
8th Week
Midterm Project presentations
9th Week
Museum-artwork-exhibition discussion
10th Week
Artist, and art dealer conferences
11th Week
Collection management
12th Week
Planning an exhibition
13th Week
IKSV, SALT, BASE, İstModern formation and support for artworks
14th Week
FINAL PROJECT presentations and exhibition analysis reports