Department of Art History

Across time and around the globe, humans have built vast visual worlds. Using a diverse set of original research skills, from fieldwork to close visual analysis, we unlock their meanings.

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Recent News

Where It’s At: Encountering Art Across America

Tony Miller, art history major and recipient of the Janet G. McCloud Travel Scholarship, recounts his experience viewing iconic art across America.

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Angelica J. Maier Awarded 2022-23 O’Brien Curatorial Fellowship

The Department of Art History is pleased to announce that doctoral candidate Angelica J. Maier will begin a twelve month appointment as the Lisa and Jerry O’Brien Curatorial…

American Institute of Indian Studies 2022 Book Prize Awarded to Anna Seastrand

The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Anna Seastrand for Body, History, and Myth: South Indian Murals, 1550-1800

Christina Michelon Receives the 18th Annual Frost Essay Award

Christina Michelon is the recipient of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award for her article “The In/Visibility of Mourning: Seeing…