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EXAYBACHAY

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  1. I realize this is largely a North America-centric forum, but I have aspirations of working there once I finish my MA (or PhD), and right now I'm in a peculiar situation and I'm wondering how this may affect my CV in North American terms. I'll quickly explain the BA system here: once you start university you start your major/bachelor's degree right off the bat; this is the program you apply to post high school. There are no general college courses as those are covered in high school. As a result a BA takes three years, where each full time semester is worth 30 ECTS points (= "credits" in US terms), so 180 ECTS in all. The first two years are comprised of predetermined, set courses. The final year is 15 ECTS that is one's bachelor thesis (0.5 semesters) and the other 45 ECTS (1.5 semesters) consist of a subject within AH of your choosing. In my institution you may, for instance, choose something like: - Museology, three successive courses of 15 ECTS - Visuel culture - Design I'm in a peculiar situation because I did one year of business school before dropping out and now my current program has asked me if I want to use the ECTS credits attained there and basically 'knock off' the 45 ECTS of the elective subject in the third year. It would mean all I have to do is write my thesis third year. Since I got started late I feel like it would be great to omit 1.5 semesters. Before I make my decision I'm contacting the admissions office for art history MA at my institution and if they confirm that it will have no bearing that this side subject is completely irrelevant to the AH discipline itself when the time comes and I'm to apply to the MA program, I think I'm going to do it. Even though I'm focusing on museology because I'm aiming for a career in this field*, I've gathered that in Europe when applying for jobs, they will only look at your MA and what you've done there. The BA is but a stepping stone to the next level you could say, and once you're there the BA doesn't really matter. 1) Is it similar in North America? Will employers reviewing my CV find it odd that I have 45 credits of business classes in my BA, even though my MA would be completely relevant? 2) *Another, more general, question I have. In North America to build a good CV capable of competing in the museum industry (curatorial positions) is the consensus that it's good to focus on an area of expertise within AH or to focus specifically on museology/museum studies? In Europe the latter seems to be preferred. 3) I could easily see myself doing a PhD. If I did start an academic career how would it affect my opportunities of a career in the museum/gallery sphere? BONUS 4) Since AH in its traditional sense is generally westernized, how will a BA degree yield job opportunities in Asia; what about Australia (I guess that's pretty western)? That's it for now. I hope someone will be kind enough to help me out. Remember, I just finished my first semester, so it's all relatively new to me. I'm just trying to take it all in and prepare myself for the road ahead in good time. Thanks, EXAYBACHAY.
  2. I first accounted for the perception of the human figure in antiquity in terms of 1) body by ways of culture (olympians, Spartan militarism, beauty contests) and then by 2) physiognomy/portraiture depicting characteristics of the subject rather than realism by ways of the head of the Constantine giant, a bust of Homer, which both have traits that transcend actual portraiture but convey aspects of their personalities instead -- so all three works are idealized in some manner. I then contrasted these to works in baroque, specifically the Rubens' piece (used the argument that it was directly inspired by the Montorsoli-reconstructed Laocoon because of its upperbody composition) and lastly moved on to Velazquez' Las Meninas comparing Constantine and Homer to the newly developed introspective/psychological (self) portrait that had sprung from the Age of Enlightenment of which Las Meninas is groundbreaking in expressing. Of the more well-known theorists I ended up citing: Foucault, Pliny the Elder, Spivey, Winckelmann plus a bunch of contemporary scholars. Got an A+ which is good because in this school system the exam grade accounts for 100 % of the course grade. Thanks for your response, manierata. Really didn't think people would be bothered by "off-topics" like this. I will refrain from posting like this in the future. Anyone knows of any appropriate forums? Most AH forums I've found just seem really inactive.
  3. Not necessarily directly based off of but definitely referenced (homage) because Laocoön was, after its 1506 discovery, considered one of the greatest masterpieces of antiquity. It was found without its right arm + shoulder. Italian artist Montorsoli reconstructed the arm in 1533. When the real arm was discovered long after it was revealed that while Montorsoli's reconstruction was admirable the composition was quite different. Montorsoli had Laocoön stretching his arm upwards entangled by a serpent, while the original arm is bent sharply at the elbow. Consider the reconstruction and then look at Rubens' The Elevation of the Cross and compare it to Montorsoli's reconstruction. The composition of Christ and Laocoon from the waist up is nearly identical. Also the muscularity, the emotionalism (both traits of hellenism and baroque). Stong evidence suggesting Rubens, like many others of his time, studied Laocoön amongst the classics.
  4. Can you help me find some (in relation to the human figure)? I've found some obvious references to the Belvedere torso, which has many things in common with the main figure of the Laocoön group. Some of these references include: Velazquez' Mars Michelangelo's prisoners* Would it be a stretch to also argue that these reference Laocöon, too? *I realize Michelangelo isn't Baroque, but the way the prisoners were used (grotto) was quite baroque.
  5. I usually use Google Scholar but can only read abstracts from home; need to be on university network to get the full articles (for free). And yup, my school also has a (semi) specialized library for AH and a few other humanities. Thank you, Espresso, for helping me getting started.
  6. Hello guys. I know it's slightly off topic, but I know there are many experienced and savvy art historians on this forum, so I thought I'd give it a go. I've just been handed an exam question for a paper due in a week's time for the final exam of my first semester of the BA (yay). Pretty straightforward. I have a good idea of what direction to go with the paper and am actually rather excited to get started; have several works in mind, and I have a lot to go from just having attended the lectures of the course. So this topic is not about me being lazy. It's a short but academic paper, so I need sources to cite and material to do research from. Just from googling there's so much information on this, most of it not very useful. Tomorrow will be my first day at the library, and I'll be searching for academic articles, published work, etc. that I can actually use. My question is: any advice on who to look for? Articles, books, published researchers/art historians/authors/etc. from which there may be something I can be able to use? As of right now I'm looking at Pliny the Elder, Vasari but I'm looking for more contemporary theorists such as Spivey, Elsner. Also, I'm contemplating discussing the different methodologies used by the theorists I will end up using in the paper, so if you have any idea of any theorists dealing with this subject but in contrasting ways that would help to. Any leads/advice/comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks. EXAYBACHAY.
  7. *Ladies' and men's man, though (maybe).
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