Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

SVA Destinations, an ongoing series of short-term, domestic and international travel-based programs offered by the School of Visual Arts, offer participants the opportunity for in-depth study, ...

Perspective develops through an art history research and live drawing stream that presents learning as an active, visual process. Each session explores key artworks and movements while explaining why ...

CAMBRIDGE — Three very different shows at Harvard have something in common: Harvard. They look at aspects of the university’s collections and those holdings’ relation to art or architectural history.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, “The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil” (1785) Oil on panel; 83.2 x 64.8 cm (32 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.) Johannes Vermeer had a serious thing for books. As it turns out, so did Edward ...

For centuries, curious artists have been trying to make sense of the celestial event Elissaveta M. Brandon - Contributing Writer American video artist Brian Fridge created a five-billboard series in ...

The standard story of 1960s arts is one of Abstract Expressionism leading into Pop Art and minimalism. A Whitney show proposes an altogether different one centered on surrealism. Shawn Walker’s Man ...

A review of Art: A New History, by Paul Johnson. The modern sensibility recoils against the “great man” model of history: history as the account of decisive events, shaped by the autonomous actions of ...

Art history majors at Santa Clara University examine the broad range of human visual expression across space and time, developing understandings of the meanings and purposes of visual and material ...