Does Bagley’s analysis fit your experience? What is his larger argument? Do you buy it and why? What does art history mean to him and how he does it and teach it to students who have no prior knowledge of the subject? Why do we describe an art work? What are the goals and methods of art history as an independent discipline?

Does Bagley’s analysis fit your experience? What is his larger argument? Do you buy it and why? What does art history mean to him and how he does it and teach it to students who have no prior knowledge of the subject? Why do we describe an art work? What are the goals and methods of art history as an independent discipline?