The MA in Art and Architectural History at UVA empowers students to explore the visual past in all its complexity. Bridging classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary periods, this program sharpens analytical, curatorial, and archival skills. With direct access to the Fralin Museum of Art and a vibrant scholarly community, students investigate the cultural, political, and material dimensions of visual expression across civilizations. Graduates excel in curation, academia, preservation, and arts administration.
Iconography in Renaissance religious painting
Architectural evolution of Jeffersonian buildings at UVA
Decolonizing museum spaces in North American institutions
Digital reconstruction of lost urban monuments
Analysis of feminist interventions in modern sculpture
Art of protest: visual resistance in 20th-century poster design
Islamic calligraphy as visual theology
Queer aesthetics in contemporary art installations
Critical analysis of architectural utopianism
Reimagining medieval manuscript illumination through VR
Photography as historical witness in civil rights movements
Postcolonial narratives in contemporary African architecture
Cross-cultural aesthetics in Baroque ceiling painting
Visual culture of scientific illustrations in the Enlightenment
Neo-Gothic revival in 19th-century British architecture
Materiality and decay in installation art
Political symbolism in Fascist architectural design
Restoration ethics in Renaissance fresco conservation
Public monuments and contested memory in the American South
Shape the visual past and its cultural meanings with UVA’s interdisciplinary MA program.
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