Art History
- Degree Type Bachelor of Arts
- Department Art and Art History
- Academic Division The College
- Offerings Minor
The Department of Art and Art History includes a major and a minor in art history, as well as a minor in cultural heritage and museum studies. Art history classes are small – with caps on lecture courses set at 25 – and plentiful, with all courses taught in state-of-the-art facilities.
Art History
In a world that has become increasingly dependent on images, and in an age marked by the manipulation of information through them, the importance of understanding the vitality of visual literacy and the challenges facing image-makers and image-readers has never been so strongly felt. The discipline of art history provides students with the intellectual tools to consider these issues and fosters an academic forum in which to address them thoughtfully, critically and innovatively.
News
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The accomplished artist, curator and educator began his role on July 1.
Summer Research Scholars are spending their summer helping to bring one of the world's oldest cities to life through modern technology.
The popular afternoon-drive radio segment referenced the Salvador Dal铆 expert鈥檚 impressions on the AI-generated Dal铆 voice at the Dal铆 Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Hess will teach English in Austria and prepare for a career as an educator.
Elliott King offered his expertise on the authenticity of an AI-generated Dal铆 voice used for an exhibit at the Dal铆 Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Mathematics and economics major Kumar says an art history class opened up new avenues of learning.
George Bent is the Sidney Gause Childress Professor of Art History.
The interactive exhibition will run from Feb. 13 through March 25.
鈥楽alvador Dal铆: Les Chants de Maldoror鈥 features original etchings from the surrealist and will run from Jan. 11 through Feb. 8.
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
Sample Courses
At 六合厅开奖现场, we believe education and experience go hand-in-hand. You鈥檒l be encouraged to dive in, explore and discover connections that will broaden your perspective.
ARTH 275
Community Muralism
During the term, we trace the historical development of community murals. Students participate in studio exercises that give them experience with a variety of methods, materials and techniques necessary to plan, design and produce a large-scale community mural. We produce and document a mural in collaboration with a local community partner.
ARTH 356
Tech. Examination of Dutch Painting
This course involves a survey of 17th-century Dutch history, art history, etc., which links the scientific analysis to the art and culture of the time. The first 12 weeks (CHEM 156), involving primarily the scientific and technical background, are taught on campus at 六合厅开奖现场 during Winter Term. The second four weeks (ARTH 356), involving art and culture, are taught at the Center for European Studies (CES) Universiteit Maastricht in The Netherlands.
ARTH 245
Modern and Contemporary Asian Art
This course examines the art movements of the last 100 years from India, China, Tibet and Japan primarily through the lenses of the larger sociopolitical movements that informed much of Asia's cultural discourses: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Socialism, Communism and Feminism. We also address debates concerning "non-Western" 20th-century art as peripheral to the main canons of Modern and Contemporary art.
ARTH 246
Questions of Ownership
This courses explores the ways art and cultural heritage objects have been stolen, laundered, purchased, curated and destroyed in order to express political, religious and cultural messages. Case studies and current events are equally studied to shed light on practices of looting and iconoclasm.
ARTH 170
Art of Mesoamerica & the Andes
Survey of the art and architecture of Mesoamerica and the Andes before the arrival of the Europeans, with a focus on indigenous civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca. Art is contextualized in terms of religious, social, political and economic developments in each region under discussion. The class includes a trip to the Virginia Museum of fine Arts in Richmond or the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
ARTH 394
Little Magazines
Between 1880 and 1950, hundreds of small-press, non-commercial journals were published in cities around the world, their pages filled with a mixture of radical poetry, fiction, avant-garde art, manifestos and criticism. These so-called 鈥渓ittle magazines鈥 were small in publication run but not in ambition. In fact, many scholars believe that little magazines were the single most important factor in fostering modernist and avant-garde thought during the period. Through an in-depth exploration of little magazines, this seminar brings together two types of scholarly research: archival and digital.
![Student in graduation cap and gown](/Academics/art-history-flex-callout.jpg)
Outcomes
After 六合厅开奖现场
The study of art history has provided opportunities for recent majors, including careers in museums, theaters, nonprofits, arts agencies and camps. Other majors have pursued museum internships across the globe.
More to Explore
At 六合厅开奖现场, the Art and Art History major has access to unparalleled resources and opportunities that include gallery space, scholarships, study abroad and extracurricular activities.
Facilities
Staniar Gallery
The Staniar Gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary and historical works in all media by regionally, nationally and internationally recognized artists. The gallery was conceived of as a pedagogical space and works in tandem with the Art Department. Exhibiting artists spend time in the Art Department conducting critiques, giving lectures and mentoring students. Gallery internships provide students the opportunity to participate in the entire exhibition process by working closely with the gallery director and exhibiting artists.
Extracurriculars
Join the Club
The Student Arts League is geared towards the promotion of the visual and performing arts as well as art history on 六合厅开奖现场鈥檚 campus.
Scholarships
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Meet the Faculty
At 六合厅开奖现场, students enjoy small classes and close relationships with professors who educate and nurture.
![Andrea Lepage](/Directory%20Profiles/lepage-andrea-600x800.jpg)
![Andrea Lepage](/Directory%20Profiles/lepage-andrea-600x800.jpg)
Andrea Lepage
Pamela H. Simpson Professor of Art History and Department Head
- P: 540-458-8305
- E: lepagea@wlu.edu
Andrea Lepage offers classes in the following areas: contemporary Chicana/o and U.S. Latina/o art, modern and colonial Latin American art, arts of Mesoamerica and the Andes, and Early Modern European art (Italian, Spanish, Dutch).
![George Bent](/Directory%20Profiles/bent-george-600x800.jpg)
![George Bent](/Directory%20Profiles/bent-george-600x800.jpg)
George Bent
Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts
- P: 540-458-8863
- E: bentg@wlu.edu
Bent teaches courses on medieval art, Renaissance art and gothic art. He has researched Italian art extensively and recently taught a course called Digital Florence in which students helped to digitally reconstruct the city.
![Wendy Castenell](/Directory%20Profiles/castenell-wendy-500x500.jpg)
![Wendy Castenell](/Directory%20Profiles/castenell-wendy-500x500.jpg)
![Niloofar Gholamrezai](/Directory%20Profiles/gholamrezaei-niloofar-600x800.jpg)
![Niloofar Gholamrezai](/Directory%20Profiles/gholamrezaei-niloofar-600x800.jpg)
![Melissa R. Kerin](/Directory%20Profiles/kerin-r-melissa-600x800.jpg)
![Melissa R. Kerin](/Directory%20Profiles/kerin-r-melissa-600x800.jpg)
Melissa R. Kerin
Professor of Art History
- P: 540-458-8858
- E: kerinm@wlu.edu
Kerin teaches courses in South Asian and East Asian art and architecture. Her research focuses on the intricate and multifaceted relationships between art and identity formation, cultural memory and religious praxis.
![Elliott H. King](/Directory%20Profiles/king-elliott-600x800.jpg)
![Elliott H. King](/Directory%20Profiles/king-elliott-600x800.jpg)
Elliott H. King
Associate Professor of Art History
- P: 540-458-8857
- E: kingeh@wlu.edu
King teaches courses in American and European Art, 1750 to the present. His research specialization is Surrealist art and thought with particular concentration on Salvador Dal铆\'s production after 1940.
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![Theodore Van Loan](/Directory%20Profiles/van-loan-theodore-600x800.jpg)
![George Bent](/Directory%20Profiles/bent-george-600x800.jpg)
![Wendy Castenell](/Directory%20Profiles/castenell-wendy-500x500.jpg)
![Niloofar Gholamrezai](/Directory%20Profiles/gholamrezaei-niloofar-600x800.jpg)
![Melissa R. Kerin](/Directory%20Profiles/kerin-r-melissa-600x800.jpg)
![Elliott H. King](/Directory%20Profiles/king-elliott-600x800.jpg)
![Theodore Van Loan](/Directory%20Profiles/van-loan-theodore-600x800.jpg)
![Andrea Lepage](/Directory%20Profiles/lepage-andrea-600x800.jpg)