BA Visual Arts in Art History

The Visual Arts major is designed to prepare students to work as visual communicators and artists in a complex, rapidly changing global culture. A lively art curriculum recognizes that innovation always requires context. The Art History concentration grounds students in the trends and traditions of major art movements; Asian and African as well as American and European. Students are trained in the critical analysis of visual images, from the traditional fine arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture to newer art forms of photography, film, video, and electronic media. Emphasis is placed on understanding works of art within a historical, social, political, and cultural context.