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Study of the history of art cultivates a deep understanding of humanity’s fundamental impulse to create. The history of art traces how artists across all time periods and geographical regions confront ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Can a museum devoted to modernism survive the death of the movement? Can it ...

Greek mythology’s influence on modern literature and art is undeniable, forming the basis of storytelling, symbolism, and ...

The Bachelor of Science in Art History and Theory is a professional degree based on a curriculum historically developed in conjunction with the studio Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts ...

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In an excerpt from his Mellon Lectures, art historian Wu Hung explains how Enlightenment ideas underpin—and complicate—the long history of Chinese art. A view of the terracotta army in the mausoleum ...