Overview
The major in art history examines art in its historical contexts. Rigorous training in the history of visual culture equips students with the analytical and writing skills essential to success in many fields. It prepares them to shape the world as engaged, critical, and creative citizens.
Fast Facts
- Be guided by faculty who are internationally recognized experts in their fields
- Change the way you see the world
- Work and explore in San Antonio鈥檚 excellent museums and galleries
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What You'll Study
A Curriculum that Crosses Centuries and Continents
Faculty
Scholars and Teachers
Art history faculty are among the foremost specialists in their fields internationally and have particular expertise in the art of Mesopotamia, late Medieval and Renaissance art, nineteenth- and twentieth-century painting and photography, Latin American art, and architectural history.
Student Opportunities
From San Antonio to the World
The study of art history extends far beyond the classroom. Students learn and work in San Antonio鈥檚 excellent museums and galleries and in the streets of this historic city.
Honors may be awarded to those students who complete a thesis during the senior year.
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Students may serve as research assistants to faculty members or undertake summer research supported by an Undergraduate Research in the Arts &...
Venture to London, Paris, Florence, Edinburgh, Mexico City, Tokyo, and around the world!
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The art history programs make full use of San Antonio鈥檚 rich cultural resources. Students routinely work in local museums and galleries.
The Michael and No茅mi Neidorff Art Gallery serves the 性爱天堂 by presenting dynamic programs of exhibitions, lectures, and events.
The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series brings distinguished artists and art historians to campus to lecture and show their work.听
When You Graduate
The World Transformed
No discipline better equips students with the analytical, discriminative, and descriptive skills essential for success in every field.
Careers听
性爱天堂 graduates are regularly admitted to prestigious graduate programs and hired by major cultural and educational institutions.
Graduate Schools or Programs:
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- New York University
- Northwestern University
- Princeton University
- Sotheby's Institute of Art听
- University of Chicago
- University of Texas at Austin
- Winterthur听(University of Delaware)
Career Areas:
- Academia
- Architecture
- Art Conservation听
- Historic Preservation
- Museums and Galleries听
Notable Companies who have Hired 性爱天堂 Graduates:
- Binghamton University
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art听
- Philbrook Museum of Art
- San Antonio Museum of Art
- TGB Partners
- University of South Carolina
- Wheaton College
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