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Art History

Why Study Art History?

 

Our Program

Prof. Zorach with grads at Newberry Library

In Art History, we study the art and architecture of cultures around the world and across millennia. We take a variety of approaches to our objects, but focus on understanding their aesthetic and historical significance as well as their social relevance.  

 

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Warnock Lecture Series

 
Cosi Fellow at AIC giving a gallery talk

Chicago Objects Study Initiative

Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. COSI provides graduate students with training in object-based research with the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Warnock Gift

The Liz Warnock Gift to Art History provides generous funds to support an array of programming in the department
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News & Events

 

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Antawan Byrd and Alicia Caticha

Three of our newest faculty members, Antawan Byrd, Alicia Caticha, and Thadeus Dowad, are featured on the Faculty Spotlight page.

Marc Cordero and Vitoria Faria

Marc Cordero ’22 and Vitoria Faria ’23 appointed Art History Representatives to the WCAS Student Advisory Board.

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Professor Escobar has published "Habsburg Madrid: Architecture and the Spanish Monarchy," a major new study of early modern architecture and urbanism, with Penn State University Press.
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie (PhD 2000) has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2022.
Aisha Motlani (PhD 2019) has been awarded an ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowship for 2022-23.

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