0505-437 - Forensic Investigation of Art

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course introduces the study and examination of artistic and historic materials within a humanities-oriented forum in which students present and debate published research on several famous case studies including: the Shroud of Turin, the Getty Kouros, and the Han van Meegeren forgeries of Vermeer paintings. Emphasis will be placed on using resources from the interdisciplinary fields of art history, art and materials science supported by a virtual lab in which the application of instrumental techniques to the materials is demonstrated. Part of the art history concentration and minor and may be taken as a liberal arts elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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