How does technical art history relate to the burgeoning field of heritage science? Has technical art history become part of heritage science? Can both disciplines be considered counterparts within the ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

From René Magritte's most paradoxical painting to a totally meowvelous cat masterpiece, our favorite 2025 art history deep dives. My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler is arguably the greatest painting of ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative expands with three-dimensional renderings of significant pieces—most of which are free to download.

Writing a thesis provides a chance to produce a substantial piece of scholarship with an original argument that goes beyond the constraints of a typical term paper. Some students write a thesis ...

Artificial intelligence is weighing into art history debates by “authenticating” masterpieces and exposing alleged fakes. But experts aren’t convinced.

A review of Art: A New History, by Paul Johnson. The modern sensibility recoils against the “great man” model of history: history as the account of decisive events, shaped by the autonomous actions of ...

The B.A. in Visual Arts - Art History Track offers students a course of study that will open up a broad and sophisticated window into the history of art. Closely linked to the museum studies minor ...

Art history majors at Santa Clara University examine the broad range of human visual expression across space and time, developing understandings of the meanings and purposes of visual and material ...

In your five years in our program, you’ll become an expert in the field through study rooted in careful examination of the specific properties and idiosyncrasies of art objects. You’ll contribute ...