Art History - Knox College

Art History from Knox College is a Campus Bachelor Art History degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. In all cultures, both ancient and modern, art has been a primary means of interpreting and expressing the human experience. Making art at Knox involves a rigorous investigation into how the visual language organizes thoughts, feelings, memories and perceptions into dynamic and expressive visual form. While the studio program teaches students to see and develop an acute visual and critical sensibility, the art history program emphasizes a variety of interpretive perspectives for understanding the role of art within cultures. The Program Art history courses examine art from a broad range of cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and political perspectives. Courses encompass Western and non-Western art from the ancient period to the present and include offerings in Greek and Roman art , Medieval art and architecture, Renaissance art , Baroque art, Asian art , African art, and Native Arts of the Americas. As a complement to the Studio Art program, there is a strong emphasis on courses in modern and contemporary art , as well as courses in the new methodological fields of Visual Culture Studies and Critical Theory. Students begin with introductory survey courses, which are followed by more advanced period surveys. Art History faculty also offer upper level seminars focusing on more specialized topics, many of which are drawn from their own areas of scholarly research. The capstone is Senior Research in Art History, an independent study course that includes a major research paper, which is formally presented in a Senior Art History Symposium at the end of the academic year. Both the seminar courses and the senior thesis are invaluable in preparing Art History majors for graduate school. View more details on Knox College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Art History courses.