Professors: Rosalyn Deutsche (Term Professor), Anne Higonnet, Natalie Kampen (Barbara Novak '50 Professor of Art History), Keith Moxey (Department Chair and Ann Whitney Olin Professor)
Associate Professor:Jonathan Reynolds
Assistant Professor:Elizabeth Hutchinson
Senior Lecturer: Joan Snitzer (Director of Visual Arts Program)
Associate Professor of Practice: John Miller
Adjunct Professors: Maryan Ainsworth, Isolde Brielmaier, Christopher Phillips
Columbia University Department of Art History and Archeology: Graham Bader, Zainab Bahrani, Nikolas Bakirtzis, Francesco Benelli, Barry Bergdoll, Richard Brilliant (Emeritus), Lynn Catterson, Jonathan Crary, Dawn Dalbanco, Francesco de Angelis, Vidya Dehejia, Vittoria Di Palma, David Freedberg, Cordula Grewe, Daniel Harkett, Robert Harrist, Kellie Jones, Branden Joseph, Holger Klein, Rosalind Krauss, Glen Lowry, Clemente Marconi, Meredith Martin, Stephen Murray, Esther Pasztory, John Rajchman, David Rosand, Simon Schama, Tanya Sheehan, Joanna Smith, Brian Brace Taylor, Deborah Vischak, Susan Vogel, Deborah Wye
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
Art History, which is devoted to the study of the visual arts, is one of the broadest of the humanistic disciplines. It is concerned not only with the nature of works of art-their form, style, and content-but also with the social, political, and cultural circumstances that shape them. The introductory-level courses aim at developing in students a lifelong understanding and appreciation of works of art. The rest of the curriculum is geared to preparing majors either for graduate study leading to careers in university teaching and museums or for positions in the art world, galleries, publication, criticism, the visual media, art consultation, conservation, and the like. These courses also provide opportunities for correlated learning to students in other fields. The department, fortunate to be located in New York City, one of the world's great art centers, takes full advantage of the rich resources of the city's museums and galleries in its course of study.
The department offers both a major in the History of Art and a major in Art History with a concentration in the Visual Arts. In each case the student chooses a faculty adviser who assists her in planning a program incorporating personal interests while meeting departmental requirements.
A minimum of 12 Art History courses is required for the major, including:
AHIS BC 1001 and 1002 Introduction to Art History. This two-course sequence is required.
AHIS BC 3970 Methods and Theories of Art History. To be taken during the junior or senior year.
AHIS BC 3959x and/or 3960y Senior Research Seminar. Students write their senior thesis in conjunction with the Senior Research Seminar. Students will develop, research, and write either a 1 semester or 2 semester thesis project in consultation with an individual faculty member in Art History. They will also attend and participate in group seminars convened during the academic year in which all students will present their work. Students who plan to study abroad during their senior year and those who expect to graduate early must begin the senior research seminar sequence in the second semester of the junior year.
Seven elective courses, with the following requirements:
Two of these courses must be seminars. None of the seminars listed above may count toward this requirement.
At least one Western and one Non-Western art history course. BC1001 and 1002 may not count toward this requirement.
Four of these must cover a broad range of disciplinary areas. Students concentrating on Western art must have at least one course each in four of the following five periods: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern. Students concentrating on non-Western art must work out a similarly comprehensive course of study in consultation with their advisers. Lecture classes or seminars can be used to fulfill this requirement. BC1001 and 1002 or any other broad survey cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
Courses in film are accepted toward the major requirements; studio courses are not.
Recommended: One or two studio courses should be taken by Art History students.
Students who plan to undertake graduate work should acquire a reading knowledge of at least two foreign languages in which the major contributions to the history of art have been made. Most graduate schools require a reading knowledge of French, German, or Italian. The department strongly recommends a student's taking one of these languages while at Barnard.
Requirements for the major in Art History with concentration in the Visual Arts:
A minimum of 12 courses is required for the major in Art History with concentration in the Visual Arts:
Six Art History courses, including:
-BC 1001 and 1002 Introduction to the History of Art
-One course in 19th- or 20th-century art
-One seminar in art history
Five studio courses including ARH BC 3530 Advanced Studio
and ARH BC 3031 Imagery and Form in the Arts
Art History Senior Thesis Option for Visual Arts Concentrators:
Art History Majors concentrating in Visual Arts may elect to substitute the Senior Thesis for the Senior Project. To do this they must:
Notify their adviser of their intention to do so by the end of their junior year
Take both Methods and Theories of Art History (BC 3970) and the Senior Research Seminar (BC 3959 and 3960)
Requirements for the major in the History and Theory of Architecture:
See Architecture Program offerings.
The minor in Art History consists of five lecture courses, including BC 1001, BC 1002, and three courses in the following areas, of which one must be non-European: European and American: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Non-European: Chinese, Japanese, Indian, African, Mesoamerican, and Native American