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Art History

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The Art History program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art supports the study of the history of art through visual objects across a wide range of media, cultures, and periods. Courses stress the relationship between art and its historical context. This area of study develops the critical and rhetorical skills necessary for advanced work in the field.

Degree Requirements | UGA Bulletin

AB Requirements & Sample Four-Year Plan

Art History Alumni

Art History Minor

Graduate Studies

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    Nell Andrew

    Art History Chair
    Professor of Art History
  • Mark Abbe

    Mark B. Abbe

    Associate Professor of Art History
  • Elizabeth Saari Browne Headshot

    Elizabeth Saari Browne

    Assistant Professor of Art History
  • Katie Geha portrait

    Katie Geha

    Director of the School of Art Galleries
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    Shawnya L Harris

    Affiliated Faculty | Curator, Georgia Museum of Art
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    Taylor Hobson

    Affiliated Faculty, Part-time Instructor
  • Asen Kirin

    Asen Kirin

    Professor of Art History
  • Alice Klima

    Alice Klima

    Affiliated Faculty, Part-Time Instructor
  • Alisa Luxenberg

    Alisa Luxenberg

    Professor Emerita of Art History
  • Nicolas Morrissey

    Nicolas Morrissey

    Associate Professor of Art History
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    Jeffrey Richmond-Moll

    Affiliated Faculty | Curator, Georgia Museum of Art
  • Janice Simon

    Janice Simon

    Professor of Art History
  • Isabelle Wallace

    Isabelle Loring Wallace

    Associate Director of Research and Graduate Studies
  • Shelley Zuraw

    Shelley Zuraw

    Associate Professor of Art History

At both the undergraduate and graduate level, alumni of the program routinely secure jobs in museums, galleries, and auction houses, and have gone on to attend some of the finest graduate programs in the country, including Columbia University, New York University, The University of Virginia, The University of Michigan, The University of Pennsylvania, and The University of Texas at Austin. Learn more about the careers of select alumni.

Undergraduate Art History

The undergraduate program of study prepares students for graduate school and careers in a range of institutions. Students are required to take courses in each of four areas currently taught in the Art History area (Ancient, Late Antique, Medieval, and Asian; Renaissance and Baroque; 18th- and 19th-century; and 20th-century and Contemporary), ensuring a broad base of knowledge. Students may do an internship with the Georgia Museum of Art for credit. Learn more about the Bachelor of Arts in Art History course requirements at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

The School of Art also offers a Minor in Art History. The Art History Minor is comprised of 15 hours of upper-level ARHI courses. Nine hours of 3000-level courses (3 courses) must be completed before a student is able to enroll in a 4000-level courses. Six hours (2 courses) must be at the 4000-level. Even as a registered minor, students need permission from the Area to register for a 4000-level class. Learn more here.

Graduate Art History 

The Art History area is committed to training graduate students broadly while developing significant depth in the student’s field of choice. Find more information about the MA degree program and the PhD degree program. Learn more information regarding graduate research support and activities found in the School of Art. Explore a list of recently completed thesis and dissertations topics.

For more information about graduate programs at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, contact our Graduate Office.


IMG_7864_0.jpgSeminar students visit the nearby Georgia Museum of Art to review prints in the series known as The Disasters of War by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) 
Visual Culture Colloquium

Comprised of scholars from universities and museums both here and abroad, as well as graduate students and faculty from the School of Art, the Visual Culture Colloquium is conceived as an integral part of graduate education in art history at UGA and is meant to provide a forum for scholarly exchange. Since 2008, the Visual Culture Colloquium presents lectures at the School of Art that adopt a scholarly approach to the field of art history, broadly conceived. An integral part of the

Colloquium are lectures organized by the Association of Graduate Art Students (A.G.A.S.), in addition to lectures by our own graduate students and faculty and by visiting scholars.

Association of Graduate Art Students (A.G.A.S.) Lectures

Each year the Association of Graduate Art Students sponsors a lecture series featuring prominent scholars in the field of Art History. Governed by graduate students in Art History at the School of Art, A.G.A.S. organizes public lectures that address a range of specializations within Art History.  A.G.A.S and its lecture series are supported by The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee, The Lamar Dodd School of Art, and The Association of Graduate Art Students.

Research Funding

Graduate students in the area of Art History may apply each year for supplemental funding to assist participation in conferences and to enable travel related to thesis or dissertation research. Deadlines for applications are in both fall and spring semesters. Sources include the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts, the Graduate School, Dodd Scholarships and Awards, and the Art History Area Support Fund.


Entrance requirements for undergraduate majors:

As intended majors, students should complete two ARHI 2000-level courses (or their approved equivalents) and two ARHI 3000-level courses. The combined GPA for these four courses must be a 3.0.

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More information regarding:

  • Museum internship credit (ARHI 4995)
  • Guidelines for Honors in Art History
  • Guidelines for CURO and summer research fellowships

Find more details about the minor in Art History.

For a complete list of the art history courses, by area, see the UGA Bulletin.

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