History of Art

历史与文化研究, 法学与社会类
美国, 北美
本科
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专业详情

As a history of art major, you’ll be able to study areas traditionally central to the discipline such as ancient, medieval and Renaissance art, and the integration of recent fields of theory and research to the study of global visual culture. You can explore the history of cultural interactions as manifested in visual culture both inside and outside the West from antiquity to the present, furthering your understanding of the discipline of art history, its roots, its methodologies, as well as its historical and critical connections with other disciplines.

Requirements

Want to start right away? Here are some basic requirements for students wanting to major in history of art. Keep in mind this isn’t the complete list of formal requirement — that list can be found on the Courses of Study page.

The major in the history of art requires 40 credits, 26 of which must be at the 3000-level or above.

For admission into the major, students need to take ARTH 1100 – Art Histories: An Introduction or complete a 3900-level tutorial.

The major requires:

  • At least one 2000-level introductory class
  • At least one 3000-level lecture class
  • VISST 2000 – Introduction to Visual Studies
  • ARTH 3101 – Proseminar
  • Two other seminars at the 4000-level or above

Sample classes

  • The Museum and the Object
  • The Art Market
  • Material Worlds: Trade and the Arts of Asia

Outcomes

All information below is based on the 2022 First-Destination Post-Graduate Survey. Lists are not exhaustive; rather, they are a sampling of the data. If you would like more information, please email as_careers@cornell.edu

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