42 Art History Course Programs

The Seasonal School will introduce participants to the urgent topic of the protection of cultural heritage, relying on an interdisciplinary approach. The seasonal school will provide participants with an overview of the legal framework governing the protection of cultural heritage in situations of armed conflict and emergency, as well as a thorough analysis of the international relations perspective, combining history, archaeology, religion, and gender studies.

Explore the evolution of Modernist art across continents, examining influential artists and movements that shaped the 20th century. We will examine artworks produced in France, Britain, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela, spanning various mediums, including painting, sculpture, textiles, etc.

In partnership with V&A Dundee, you will discover Scotland's rich design heritage through iconic objects that define its creative identity, from ancient craftsmanship to contemporary innovation. This course takes a deeper look at the Scottish Design Gallery to explore the history of Scottish design.

Engage, critique and shape culture with programs in art history, design studies, studio art and museum studies. Studio courses stress the fundamentals of visual communication and help you cultivate the technical skills to effectively express your ideals in a given medium. Art history courses combine the traditional and non-traditional approaches to the study of art – past and present – and focus on the social and cultural contexts of art and architecture.

The Department of Art History offers a wide range of courses in European, American, Latin American, Middle Eastern/Islamic, African/African diaspora and Asian art history. The major in Art History is structured to expose students to the chronological, geographical, and methodological breadth of the field of scholarship. Students in the program may pursue the BA degree with a major in Art History. The department also offers a minor in Art History and houses the minor in Cinema and Media Studies.

The Art and Art History Department offers majors and minors in art history and studio art. Artmaking involves examining, transforming, and communicating individual and collective human experiences into visual form. Art history studies the tangible documentation of culture, and it provides a window into the history and philosophy of many societies, past and present.

As an Art History student at Marist, you'll be immersed in the heritage, theory, and culture of art's origins and its future. You will also be provided numerous opportunities for hands-on application of art history, so you'll be well-prepared for a successful career in art. Art History students at Marist explore the wide history of the visual arts; from prehistoric caves and the pyramids of Egypt to the challenging and exciting creations of modern and contemporary art. Courses like Museum Studies provide valuable insights into the practical world of art. You will also design your own study plan by pursuing an alternative discipline, such as a foreign language, anthropology, or business.

The minor in Art History provides students with a greater understanding of the historic and theoretical context of contemporary visual culture. All students must take two required courses (6 credits) and 3 credits in a non-Eurocentric art subject toward the 21 required credits total. LA+D students must take a discipline specific art history course listed below and 9 additional credits of Art History electives at the 3000 level or above to earn the required 21 credits.

The Art History Department teaches the history and practice of visual creativity. All people, at all times, around the world, have expressed their identities and their beliefs through visual art. From temple complexes to tea-cups, from quilts sewn with scraps to sculptures welded with tons of steel, art objects bring to us a knowledge of who we have been and how we shape our environments. Both our history and studio courses train students to observe the world more closely and interpret what they see. In our history courses, students study how art has occurred at the intersection of personal, technical, and social forces. In our studio courses, students learn to engage those forces using media ranging from traditional drawing to digital design.

As a major in our Art History and Museum Studies program, the only of its kind housed in a museum, you will gain the academic and technical expertise required for looking at, handling, speaking, and writing about art, artifacts, and their vital role in human culture. With the Polk Museum of Art as your home base, your degree in Art History and Museum Studies will take you around the globe and across millennia as you come to understand the aesthetic, cultural, political, and social significance of art, artifacts, architecture, and visual culture upon the history of our world. Delve into visual analysis, archaeology, anthropology, literary and art criticism, philosophy, and even science and the business of art, as you explore the inner workings of the museum world and experiment with research methods and conservation techniques.

The Department of Art & Art History consists of two separate majors, both housed in Boliou Hall. The Studio Art program helps students develop skills in various arts media. The Art History program considers the function, meaning and context of artistic creations and their role in recording and shaping people, perceptions, events, and cultures.

Art stands at the intersection of culture, politics, religion and philosophy, making it an ideal place from which to understand the liberal arts and the world at large. At Dickinson, the Department of Art & Art History offers students two tracks for study: studio art and art history. Both concentrations foster rigorous, critical investigation through active processes of learning in which students connect historical discourse with an engagement of art from multiple contemporary perspectives.

The mission of the department of Art and Art History (AAH) is to educate students in the richness and complexity of the visual arts. Making, critiquing, and historicizing visual culture is essential for informed participation and innovation within local and global cultures. Combining the disciplines of Studio Art and Art History, AAH equips students to explore critically the interplay of culture, history, theory, analysis, and art practice.

The Art History program teaches students to think critically about art & visual culture. The Art History program teaches students to think critically about art and visual culture. In addition to preparing them for careers in the museum and gallery world as well as graduate work in Art History or related fields in humanities, the program offers training in research, writing and critical thinking that will serve them in many professions.

Trinity’s Fine Arts Department takes great pride in its Art History Program. While small enough to offer students individual attention, it is also worldly enough to endow them with a breadth of knowledge essential to a career in art and architectural history and their related fields. The four full-time members of the department—and a fine cadre of adjunct professors—teach courses that span the globe.