Spring 2027 Art History GR6414 section 001

The Wisdom of Art Roland Barthes Pr

Barthes Practice of Sign

Call Number 14108
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Rosalind Krauss
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

The postwar analysis of contemporary art has jettisoned many of the fields of the discipline of art history: iconography; workshop; style, in favor of a reading based on the semiology of the sign. This has transformed the discourse on contemporary art, especially as that concerns Cubism and Abstraction. The course will focus on semiology and Barthes’ practice of it, with recourse to his major works: Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes, S/Z, Mythologies, and Camera Lucida.

Department Art History and Archaeology
Enrollment 0 students (25 max) as of 9:06PM Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Subject Art History
Number GR6414
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To GSAS
Section key 20271AHIS6414G001