StudyQA — Bachelor: Art History

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Art history is the study of works of art in the context of the broader social, political, and intellectual cultures of which they are a part. Studying art history develops your ability to evaluate and organize information, visual as well as verbal; it also enhances your creative imagination, precise observation, clear expression, and critical judgment. As a student of art history, you will acquire a sophisticated understanding of the theory and practice of artistic production and reception.

A major or second major in art history provides you with the training for teaching, museum and gallery work, art publishing and advertising; the major also provides an appropriate background for graduate training in architecture. An art historian's emphasis is on careful observation, the ordering of diverse sorts of information, expository writing, and scholarly research makes it a good general preparation for any profession.

11 courses
Areas of study include ancient, medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, modern and non-western art history
Foreign language study is recommended

ARTHIST89S	First-Year Seminar
ARTHIST 104.01	Exploring Art and Architecture
ARTHIST101D	Introduction to the History of Art
ARTHIST102D	Introduction to the History of Art
ARTHIST121	Medieval Cultures
ARTHIST152	Renaissance Cultures
ARTHIST185FS	The Languages of Art
ARTHIST190A	Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST190FS	Topics in Art History
ARTHIST190S	Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST197A	Visual Culture Outside the United States, I
ARTHIST198A	Visual Culture Outside the United States, II
ARTHIST 220	Museum Theory and Practice
ARTHIST 256	Italian Baroque Art
ARTHIST203	Visualizing Cultural Dissent in Modernism, 1880-1945
ARTHIST205	The Aegean Bronze Age
ARTHIST206	Early Greek Archaeology: From the Fall of Mycenae to the Persian Wars
ARTHIST207	Classical Greek Archaeology, Archaic to Classical
ARTHIST208	Art and Archaeology of Ancient Athens
ARTHIST209A	Rome: History of the City
ARTHIST210	The Art of Greece and Rome
ARTHIST225	Gothic Cathedrals
ARTHIST226	Medieval Architecture
ARTHIST227	Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture
ARTHIST229	Contemporary Performance
ARTHIST232	Japanese Art, 1600 to the Present
ARTHIST233	Japanese Print Culture
ARTHIST238	Science Fiction Film
ARTHIST250	Introduction to Modern Latin American Art and Visual Culture
ARTHIST255	Art in Renaissance Italy
ARTHIST255A	Renaissance and Baroque Art History
ARTHIST256	Art in Spain During the Golden Age
ARTHIST258FS	Renaissance Architecture in Italy: Brunelleschi to Michelangelo
ARTHIST259	Michelangelo in Context
ARTHIST260, VMS293	French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period
ARTHIST261	The Contemporary Art Market
ARTHIST278	European Art 1760-1850
ARTHIST279	European Art 1850-1900
ARTHIST280	European Art 1900-1945
ARTHIST282S	Painting Russia Red: Early Soviet Culture, 1917-1934
ARTHIST283	African American Art
ARTHIST285	Modern Architecture
ARTHIST285D	Modern Architecture
ARTHIST286D	Contemporary Architecture
ARTHIST287	Russian Art and Politics: 1800-Present
ARTHIST287FS	Russian Art and Politics
ARTHIST288	Dada and Surrealism
ARTHIST289S	Soviet Art after Stalin: 1956-1991
ARTHIST290	Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST290-1	Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture
ARTHIST290A-1	Topics in Italian Art and Architecture
ARTHIST291	Independent Study
ARTHIST292	Independent Study
ARTHIST293	Research Independent Study
ARTHIST294	Research Independent Study
ARTHIST295	Chinese Art 1900 to Present
ARTHIST296A	Berlin: Architecture, Art and the City, 1871-Present
ARTHIST297A	Art and Architecture of Berlin, Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century
ARTHIST298	History of Impressionism
ARTHIST260, VMS293	French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period
ARTHIST301	English Art 1740-1850: Hogarth to the Pre-Raphaelites
ARTHIST302	French Art 1780-1850
ARTHIST304	Cubism and Culture
ARTSVIS305L, ARTHIST305L, VMS332L	Virtual Museums: Theories and Methods of 21st Century Museums
ARTHIST310	Museum Internship
ARTHIST311	Museum Internship, Part 2
ARTHIST337	Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
ARTHIST340S	Classical Sculpture
ARTHIST378	Chinese Buddhist Art
ARTHIST379	Art, Architecture, and Masquerade in Africa
ARTHIST381D	Global Art Since 1945
ARTHIST383	The Black Atlantic
ARTHIST384	Art of the United States
ARTHIST390	Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST390-1	Topics in Renaissance Art
ARTHIST390A	Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST390S	Special Topics in Art History
ARTHIST390SL	Special Topics in Art History and Digital Visualization
ARTSVIS305L, ARTHIST305L, VMS332L	Virtual Museums: Theories and Methods of 21st Century Museums
ARTSVIS305L, ARTHIST305L, VMS332L	Virtual Museums: Theories and Methods of 21st Century Museums
ARTHIST490-1	Topics in Nineteenth Century European Art
ARTHIST490-2	Topics in Twentieth Century Art (TOP)
ARTHIST490-3	Topics in Contemporary Art
ARTHIST490-4	Topics in History of Photography
ARTHIST490S	Special Topics
ARTHIST491	Independent Study
ARTHIST492	Independent Study
ARTHIST494	Research Independent Study

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IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Minimum band score expected: 7
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English) Minimum score expected: 70
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Minimum scores expected: 100 on the internet-based TOEFL, 600 on the paper-based TOEFL

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