The art history curriculum at Loyola offers a
broad range of courses. Survey courses are designed
to furnish students with a thorough overview of the
history of art and architecture, while upper
division classes (for which there are no
prerequisites) provide comprehensive coverage of the
Western tradition from classical to contemporary.
Courses on Islamic art, women in art, African-American art,
African art, Latin American art, and methodology are also offered. The research interests of
the faculty mirror the breadth of the department's
offerings and include: Medieval manuscripts, fifteenth-century Italian
painting, nineteenth-century American art and
patronage, historic preservation, Spanish colonial
architecture and painting in the southwestern United
States, and Yoruba bone and ivory carving
.
An art history
major is offered.
Minors and interdisciplinary majors are also
available and art history courses fulfill
requirements in a number of interdisciplinary minors
including American Studies, Gender Studies, Medieval
Studies, Catholic Studies and others. Art history
majors take both
courses in the survey sequence, one studio art or
photography class and
nine upper-division art history classes. Students must take one upper-division
course in classical or medieval art, one in
Renaissance or Baroque art, and one in art
postdating the eighteenth century. Majors are
strongly encouraged to take at least one course in
non-Western art, to master a second language and to
take AH400, a historiographical and methodological
seminar. Most majors also choose to study abroad.
Experiential learning is an important part of
the art history program. Students take advantage of
the rich holdings in museums and galleries in the
Baltimore/Washington area and can participate in
internships at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Carroll
Mansion, Evergreen House of Johns Hopkins
University, the Walters Art Museum, the Jewish
Historical Society, the Maryland Historical Society
and the Smithsonian Institution. Loyola’s many study
abroad programs allow students to experience works
of art and architecture in their original settings.
