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Art History (AH)

Art History students investigate how the material world shapes human identities, experiences, and values.  We study images, artifacts, and spaces from many cultures around the world—including photographs, paintings, architecture, fashion, interior design, and urban planning.   We think about how visual representation relates to issues of race, ethnicity, socio-economic class, gender, sexuality, and religion.  Art History cultivates visual observation, critical thinking, and communication skills that are applicable to a wide range of potential career paths—including law, medicine, media, museum work, historic preservation, and many more.

First-year students are welcome to take any 100- or 200-level courses other than AH220 (Writing in Art History) and AH221 (Practices of Art History), which are intended for prospective majors in the sophomore year or beyond.

careerRecommended courses for a prospective major

Choose one or two of the courses below offered in the fall term.

AH 110 The Middle Ages on the Move: Artistic Exchange in and beyond Europe

AH 151 Arts of China and Japan

AH 251 Art of Italian Renaissance  

AH 251 Global Modern

 

 

 

Art History Department site

113 Filene Hall
518-580-5053