Art History is the study of the visual arts in civilization. It
examines changing values in all fields of visual culture,
including painting, sculpture, graphics, photography,
architecture, film, the mass media, and forms of popular
expression. Its interdisciplinary reach encompasses literature,
history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies,
critical theory, and cultural studies. Art History emphasizes
visual as well as verbal and written literacy, providing more
than the standard advantages to a liberal arts education.
Students majoring in Art History will engage with the
wide-ranging opportunities its curriculum presents for learning
and research. Studying Art History develops visual
literacy, communication skills, critical/creative thinking and an
understanding of diversity.
Professor Katharine Burnett will be interviewed live on two local
radio stations this week to discuss the Global Tea Initiative and
its
upcoming colloquium on “Tea and Value.”
The roots and development of comics and graphic novels can be
traced across centuries and across cultures. Comics and graphic
novels often employ both image and text to convey their
narratives, inviting exciting interdisciplinary analysis and
discussion from scholars.
Graduate student Sienna Weldon (M.A., ‘23) has published an
article developed from her work this past summer as the
Summer Research and Intrepretation Curatorial Fellow at the
New Bedford Whaling
Museum.
Art historians and curators Bridget Cooks and Nana Adusei-Poku
discuss art, museums and demands for change in the age of Black
Lives Matter with museum educator Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick. They
consider the complexities of rethinking art history and museum
practices through the lens of Blackness and explore how artists
are imagining worlds of Black freedom.
