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To study the history of art at
Columbia University is to join an enterprise that extends far
beyond Morningside Heights. Perhaps more than any other undergraduate
major, art history is tied to the cultural life of New York
City, where more people are engaged in making, writing about,
exhibiting, and collecting art than any place else in the world.
Whether it is devoted to Roman sculpture, Japanese ceramics,
or French painting, a class in art history at Columbia brings
students into direct contact with works of art in the city's
museums and galleries, while classes in architectural history
introduce students to the staggering diversity of its buildings
and public monuments. Like New York City, the art history curriculum
encompasses many different cultures. It is also interdisciplinary
in its scope, encouraging students to explore the central role
of the visual arts on religion, politics, gender relations,
urbanism, and in all other domains of human experience in which
works of art inspire, disturb, or energize the imagination.
Director of Undergraduate Studies for 2010-2011 Year: Prof. Zoë Strother |
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