Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Throughout history, certain works of art have done far more than decorate walls or fill galleries they have reshaped how we see the world. These pieces challenged conventions, introduced radical ...

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, “The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil” (1785) Oil on panel; 83.2 x 64.8 cm (32 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.) Johannes Vermeer had a serious thing for books. As it turns out, so did Edward ...

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has announced the acquisition of a rare painting by the Baroque artist ...

In September, curator and art historian Katy Hessel, known for her popular Instagram account @thegreatwomenartists, published her first book, The Story of Art Without Men, in the U.K. Now, the ...

Lindsay Caplan, assistant professor of history of art and architecture, posits that both types of art raise issues about people’s manipulability.

Nepal, Feb. 7 -- 'Wall Paintings of Panauti and Their Context' is a research-based book on the 17th-century religious ...

Kehinde Wiley rose to national recognition after his official portrait of President Obama was unveiled in 2018. But the American artist has been rewriting history and representation in art for nearly ...

A review of Art: A New History, by Paul Johnson. The modern sensibility recoils against the “great man” model of history: history as the account of decisive events, shaped by the autonomous actions of ...

Art history majors at Santa Clara University examine the broad range of human visual expression across space and time, developing understandings of the meanings and purposes of visual and material ...