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Art History

Why Study Art History?

 

Our Program

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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

 
Etruscan Egyptian Guardians

Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley)

Northwestern University Department of Art History presents the Warnock Lecture Series:
Doorscapes and Guardians of the Underworld: a comparative visual approach to the imagery of the ancient Egyptian and Etruscan demons
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Lecture: 5:00 PM–6:30 PM
Reception: 6:30–7:30 PM
Pick-Laudati Auditorium, Block Museum of Art
Faculty Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight

Two of our newest faculty members, Hollyamber Kennedy and Yuthika Sharma, are featured on the Faculty Spotlight page.

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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

 

Department News

 

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Professor Emerita Hollis Clayson has been named the Distinguished Scholar for the College Arts Association 2024 Annual Conference

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Congratulations to Professor Normore for her contributions to a recently published website on late Medieval chivalry.

Events

 
May
13
2024
Art History Senior Honors Thesis Colloquium

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston

Join us as our six senior honors thesis writers present their thesis projects. This event is open to members of the NU community and th...

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News

 
Bronwen Wilson (PhD’99) named Vice President of the Renaissance Society of America. Wilson is the Edward W. Carter Chair in European Art at UCLA.
A stroll — and vigorous debate — along the Seine: Art history students reenact the 1937 Paris Expo
Maureen Warren’s (Ph.D. '15) Krannert Art Museum exhibition catalogue, Paper Knives Paper Crowns: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, has received the 2023 book award of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Foundation

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