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Pre-Recorded Lecture

Seminar Reading

S. Pearce, ‘Classification’, Museums, Objects and Collections, 1992, pp. 123-131

Further Reading

Stan Abe, ‘Inside the Wonder House: Buddhist Art and the West’, in D. Lopez, Curators of the Buddha: the Study of Buddhism Under Colonialism, 1995, pp. 63-106.

Turner, Hannah, Cataloguing Culture: Legacies of Colonialism in Museum Documentation, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2020 'Introduction'.

Whitney Davis, ‘Taxonomy’, Grove Art Online [electronic resource].

Seminar Documents

W1 Seminar Dr Sandra Sattler

Seminar Recordings

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Lecture Slides

Seminar Reading

Anne D'Alleva (2010). “Ch. 2: Formal Analysis,” in Look!: The Fundamentals of Art History, 3rd ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J. ; Harlow: Pearson Education), pp. 27-47

Further Reading/Listening

Neil McGreog/British Museum, A History of the World in 100 Objects: Miniature of a Mughal Prince A History of the World in 100 Objects Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)

C. Gosden and Y. Marshall, ‘The Cultural Biography of Objects’, World Archaeology, vol. 31 (2), October 1999, pp. 169-178.

Seminar Recordings

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Lecture Slides

Seminar Reading

Lucy Trench Interpretation Editor, V&amp;A, Writing Gallery Text at the V&amp;A A Ten Point Guide, 2007, updated by Trench in 2013. Further revised and reissued in 2018.

Further Reading

Marjorie Munsterberg, Writing About Art , website

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Seminar Reading

Sharf, R. 'Can AI Meditate? (And Why it Matters). Conference Paper 2024

Seminar Documents

Seminar Slides - Dr Malcolm McNeill

1000 UK Artists. ‘Is This What We Want?’. 25 Feb 2025.

Seminar Recording

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Lecture Slides

Seminar Reading

Bommert, B. (2018). On the Relevance and Potential of Auction Catalogues as Sources for Art Market Research on Asian Art. Journal for Art Market Studies, 2(3).

Further Reading

Schöne, D., Köhler, T., &amp; Bedford, C. (2022). To Sell or Not to Sell? A Transatlantic Debate. Journal for Art Market Studies, 6(1).

Seminar Documents

AEA W5 Seminar Slides

Seminar Recording

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Lecture PDF

Seminar Reading

The Art Newspaper, Instagratification Column

Further Reading

Laura Cumming, "Tantra: From Enlightenment to Revolution review" – shock and awe, Guardian Online Sun 27 Sep 2020 09.00 BST

Seminar Documents

W7 AEA Seminar Slides

Seminar Recording

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Lecture Slides

Seminar Reading

Seminar Reading: Neer, Richard. “Connoisseurship and the Stakes of Style.” Critical Inquiry 32, no. 1 (2005): 1–26.

Video: Object Biography: The Life of a Concept, Ann-Sophie Lehmann, November 2, 2021, Bard Graduate Research Centre

Further Reading

Helen Chatterjee, Engaging the Senses: object-based learning in higher education, (London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.) Chapter1: An Introduction to Object-Based Learning and Multisensory Engagement [Ebook in SOAS library]

Seminar Documents

W8 AEA Seminar Slides

Seminar Recordings

Pre-Recorded Lecture

Seminar Reading

Essay writing example: Compare and contrast two Rajasthani or Pahari schools of painting

Royal Literary Fund Essay Guide

Further Reading

Vayu Naidu, “Why I Write”

Seminar Documents

Lucy Trench Interpretation Editor, V&A, Writing Gallery Text at the V&A A Ten Point Guide, 2007, updated by Trench in 2013. Further revised and reissued in 2018.

Schöne, D., Köhler, T., & Bedford, C. (2022). To Sell or Not to Sell? A Transatlantic Debate. Journal for Art Market Studies, 6(1).

Lucy Trench Interpretation Editor, V&A, Writing Gallery Text at the V&A A Ten Point Guide, 2007, updated by Trench in 2013. Further revised and reissued in 2018. point five - Organise Your Information, 24-28