The Department of Visual Studies Art History Program is committed to exploring what the visual arts (painting, sculpture, performance art, graphic arts, architecture, photography, and decorative arts) reveal about the cultures that produced them. Using a diverse range of methodological approaches, the art history faculty helps students acquire the necessary tools and knowledge to make sense of our visual world. Courses cover all of the world’s major geographic areas, with individual professors exploring specific interests in social history, gender and race, postcolonialism, problems of taste and patronage, myth and narrative. An art history major is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career in the arts, but it is equally valuable for those seeking to develop visual, analytical, and communicative skills. Recent graduates have gone on to work in museums and art galleries, enroll in a variety of humanities graduate programs, and pursue careers in law, government, and business.
For additional information, prospective students, majors, and minors are encouraged to contact Kim Yarwood, undergraduate advisor, at: (716) 645-6878 x1351.
