Art Historians are like detectives and engage with the latest research to unlock the secrets of Stonehenge, the Great Pyramids and Macchu Picchu. How did kings, queens, emperors and dictators use images to communicate power and how did the countercultures of the 1960s visualize power shifts What s the relationship of art to the spiritual, the social, the political worlds and why should we care These are some of the questions you ll grapple with as an Art History, Theory and Criticism major at Metropolitan State University of Denver.