Art History Concentration

The Art History offerings at Xavier include survey courses of the Western world and specialized courses in 20th Century, American Art, Women Artists and Art, and other topics.

Art History is taught from the perspective of the studio artist, with an emphasis on the contemporaneous nature of art and the experiential.

Students learn to critique art from the basis of the work itself initially through the analysis of its facture, representation, and content, and then through the historical and biographical facts surrounding the art.

Visits to local art museums, and other artistic and historical resources provide tangible experiences of art and the artist for students.

Art majors may pursue art history as a concentration area which culminates in a research thesis during senior year.

The following courses are related to the area of art history. For further information about a specific course, click here to look it up on our online course catalog.

ARTS 270 - History of Art I
ARTS 271 - History of Art II
ARTS 372 - Art of the 20th Century
ARTS 373 - History of American Art
ARTS 374 - Women, Art and Society