The Art History Program at Denison offers courses for a Bachelor Arts Degree (B.A). The program is designed to identify and develop critical awareness, in accordance with the general aim of a liberal education. This program provides students with the opportunity for instruction and practice in the visual arts as preparation for graduate studies and professional pursuits in this field.
The Denison Museum, located in Burke Hall, houses large Burmese...
The Department of Art offers courses of instruction in the history of art. Students may elect majors art history.
Art history courses combine traditional and non-traditional approaches to the study of art, past and present, and stress the importance of viewing visual artifacts and architecture within their social and cultural contexts. Students are encouraged to look at art in an active and engaged way and to think critically about the meaning of...
With studio art art history combined into a single department, students get the benefit of different perspectives, whether they are studio artists learning to connect their work to the movements of the past, or art historians learning from practicing artists in the studio. A major attraction of the studio program is that all majors receive an individual studio with 24-hour unrestricted access. The highlight of the art history concentration is the...
The Art History program provides an understanding of the visual arts and illuminates the development of world‘s cultures. Coursework equips students with training in art history as a humanistic discipline through the visual analysis and interpretation of works of art.
The rich, interdisciplinary Art History curriculum leads to an array of career directions, from museum and gallery work, work in the areas of art appraisal and criticism, and advanced...
The art history major exposes students to a history of visual expression that includes different time periods, cultures, and media with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art history, criticism, and theory. It teaches critical thinking through discourse with works of art and artists made available through the Art Department, the O‘Connor Art Gallery and by visits to Chicago art museums and galleries.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW We live in an image-saturated world but few of us possess the critical tools to analyze images and to understand their use. The art history major prepares students to navigate the complexity of visual culture, whether past or present, by introducing them to the specialized language and strategies of image making as well as by providing them with a rigorous historical introduction to the production, interpretation, and circulation...
Art History has a distinguished heritage as a field of cultural, social, and intellectual history in the Humanities. Works of art and architecture are tangible documents that need to be assessed on their own merits and, simultaneously, as reflections of the human experience. Art History is an exploration of the visual arts, past and present, as forms of communication which are shaped by the physical, cultural, political, psychological and/or economic...
The major in art history requires at least eleven courses, eight of which are at the 100-level or above. Both introductory art history courses, Art History 69 and 70, are required, as well as Visual Arts 54 (Introduction to Visual Practice). The other eight courses must include at least one course in each of the following five areas: ancient, medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, modern, and non-western, and may include two courses in Visual Studies. One...
Mission Welcome to The Department of Art History at Duquesene University. The Department offers undergraduate degree which lay the foundation for promising careers. Survey and period courses in the history of western art are offered by the Art History Program of the History Department to introduce the concepts of art history to those who wish to extend their visual perimeter and to understand the role of the visual arts in Western Culture....
BA in Art History and Appreciation
Minimum degree requirement is 120 s.h. of credit as follows:
1. Foundations curriculum requirements (See Section 4, Foundations Curriculum Requirements for all Baccalaureate Degree Programs), including the following 42 s.h.
ANTH 1000. Introduction to Anthropology (3) (F,S,SS) (FC:SO)
HIST 1030. World Civilizations to 1500 (3) (WI*) (F,S,SS) (FC:SO)
HIST 1031. World Civilizations...
The B.A. in Art History is intended to give students an understanding of art in its historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts, to develop their research skills and critical abilities, to prepare them for careers in the arts and for graduate work in art history. Emphasis is on the art of western culture, but opportunities are provided for students to gain awareness of non-western artistic traditions.
Art History provides as yet a service function to the University and the Department, offering courses that meet EKU's General Education requirements, and a minor available to any undergraduate degree candidate, in addition to those courses necessary to meet the art history requirements of the Department's degrees. The area's facilities include a large, theater-style lecture hall with back-screen projection capabilities run from a master board at the...
Art history studies world cultures and their expressions in the visual arts. Students are encouraged to explore artworks as documents of particular times, places, societies, and individuals. Small classes allow for lively discussion and individual attention.
With a major in art history, you'll find opportunities in community education, private collections, preservation agencies, and libraries. The major in art history may also lead to graduate study...
The Bachelor Arts degree is offered with majors in Studio and Art History. Students may select a studio major and minor in ceramics, painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and intermedia. Students majoring in Art History will be expected to complete a course in methodology, ART 398, "Introduction to Art Historical Research," and to present a written thesis prepared in ART 491, "Capstone: Senior Thesis". This is normally taken during...
The Bachelor Arts Art History is a four-year undergraduate degree program in the history and theory of art art criticism. Courses examine painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, environmental art, performance art, body art, film, and video. The program incorporates both traditional and more recent approaches to the study of art. Approaches include stylistic analysis, connoisseurship and iconography, as well as social history, interdisciplinary...
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Art History majors acquire a background in the historical and cultural origins of the visual arts, from cave painting to computer art. Some Art History courses include Ancient and Medieval Art, Art of the Renaissance, History of Prints, Oriental Art, History of African-American Art, and Native Arts of the Americas. This degree program...
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