Art history majors have an opportunity to take courses that deal with the artistic production of Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. You will study a variety of media 鈥� painting, sculpture, architecture, and even film 鈥� from antiquity to the present. Many courses focus on the art of a particular place and time, while others follow a theme through different cultural moments.

Whatever the topic, our courses often include the opportunity to study original works of art. The College's art holdings are rich and include:

  • Old Master prints, Japanese woodcuts, American prints, and 19th-century photography housed in the
  • a teaching collection of African art
  • by prominent 20th-century sculptors (among them, Louise Nevelson, Tony Rosenthal and Sol Le Witt)
  • The , a museum with strengths in American and European art, within easy walking distance of Cummings Arts Center

Course offerings include:

  • Images of State, Family and Individual in Ancient Rome
  • High Renaissance Art in Italy
  • Classical Mythology in Western Art
  • Islamic Art
  • Pop Art
  • Twentieth-Century Art
  • Imagining Otherness in Visual Culture
  • Current Issues in Museum Studies