Student Perspective
“I was a little surprised that I became an art history major, but after taking my first art history class, I was like, ‘This is what I want to do.’â€
Sarah Matthews ’23Â
Art HistoryÂ
Stoughton, Wisconsin
IES Vienna, Austria
There's something for everyone with IES Vienna, from music to the humanities to social sciences. Music students can take part in the Music Performance Workshop and combine individual music instruction and music courses with German language courses.
The Wriston Art Center Galleries
Discover the world-class galleries housing Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ’s acclaimed permanent collections as well as student art and exhibitions.
Expand your horizons
Bring the cultures you examine as an art history student into focus by visiting them through Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ’s London Centre and other study abroad programs.
The Chandler Senior Experience
Study culminates in Senior Seminar, a one-term course in which you’ll develop projects to produce your own original writing of art history.
As part of Senior Experience, students have been awarded grants allowing them to conduct research in Japan, Switzerland, Germany, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York.Â
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Re-sinicization: Contemporary Chinese Art in the Postcolonial Discourse
- Male Gaze or Male Graze? Considering the Tactile Nature of Rupert Carabin's 1896 Furniture Set
Art History OutcomesÂ
From medicine to medieval studies, Lawrentians who study art history find satisfaction in a variety of careers and fields of advanced study.