Northwestern’s Art History BA cultivates rigorous visual analysis and historical insight, training students to decipher how images construct meaning, power, and identity. Courses span Greek sculpture, Islamic calligraphy, Renaissance patronage, Indigenous cartography, and global contemporary art. Chicago’s art ecosystem—including the Art Institute, MCA, and dozens of galleries—functions as an extended classroom where students curate pop-up exhibitions, shadow conservators, and intern with auction houses. Seminar-style teaching emphasizes close reading of visual evidence, critical theory, and provenance ethics, equipping graduates for curatorial careers, cultural policy, art law, or graduate study.
Curate an online exhibit juxtaposing Renaissance anatomical drawings with XR medical imaging
Analyze patronage networks in Mughal miniature courts through GIS mapping
Develop a provenance case study tracing looted artifacts from WWII Europe
Create a documentary on street-art interventions in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood
Evaluate conservation challenges for modern mixed-media installations
Design an interactive timeline of feminist art collectives 1960–present
Apply network analysis to Impressionist exhibition catalogs for dealer influence
Research the impact of NFT marketplaces on contemporary African artists
Produce a VR reconstruction of lost Aztec temples based on colonial drawings
Write a policy brief on repatriation laws for Native American skeletal remains
Investigate lighting technologies’ effects on Baroque chiaroscuro perception
Catalog representations of climate catastrophe in Biennale pavilions since 2000
Quantify gender disparities in auction prices across 20th-century artworks
Curate a pop-up show pairing medieval reliquaries with biotech prosthetics
Develop an AI model to classify Roman pottery shards by workshop signature
Master visual analysis and engage with Chicago’s world-class art scene through Northwestern’s Art History program.
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