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Art History
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SAVANNAH

Welcome

Art historians view the world through the history of its art and seek to preserve art as a source for understanding the world and its cultures. Visual sensitivity, knowledge of history, training in research methods and writing skills are developed through the study of art history.

Art history offers a broad range of historical, contemporary and theoretical courses designed to stimulate an understanding of art and serve the academic needs of the entire SCAD community.

The B.F.A. program in art history exposes students to the visual arts of diverse periods, cultures and media, as well as new media. The program fosters skills in analysis, research, writing and professional presentation. The M.A. program emphasizes advanced critical and comparative forms of analysis and interpretation, culminating in independent research.

Art history students learn the history, theory and criticism of art and gain experience in its practice. Through required courses in drawing, design and color theory, they gain insight on the creative process.

The art history department hosts distinguished guest critics, scholars, museum directors and curators through an annual lecture series. Art history students are encouraged to participate in off-campus programs or study at Lacoste in order to visit sites and see important historical objects in the art capitals of the world.

Savannah’s many cultural institutions, house museums and art galleries offer internship opportunities for art history students to gain firsthand experience preserving and working with art. Students also may pursue professional development opportunities at SCAD, including museum internships and gallery assistantships for major exhibitions.

The SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah provides students with direct encounters with works by major artists, offering an artistic, educational and cultural resource for students, faculty and the region. Significant museum exhibition and study collections include nearly 4,500 items.

SCAD’s Walter O. Evans Collection is renowned as one of the finest collections of African-American art in the United States. The collection surveys the entire range of African-American art from the 19th century through the late 20th century and includes significant works by Robert S. Duncanson, Mary Edmonia Lewis, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and others.

The Earle W. Newton Center for British and American Studies houses a significant collection of British and American paintings, drawings and prints from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. SCAD galleries in Savannah, Atlanta and Lacoste feature changing exhibitions of work by well-known and emerging artists.

LIVE / ART / HISTORY Lecture series

Sponsored by the art history department, the LIVE / ART/ HISTORY is a new guest lecture series presents the history of art as a living, and live(d), constantly changing, energetic field. The series invites emerging and established artists and scholars to present lectures about their current projects. They also are invited to join students for an informal tea and exchange of ideas.

Contact Art History

arthistory@scad.edu
admission@scad.edu
Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700

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Events

Trenton Doyle Hancock Lecture: "Bananas for Savannahs"
Nov. 10, 2009
Trenton Doyle Hancock Lecture: "Bananas for Savannah"
Nov. 11, 2009

News

Oct. 08, 2009
SCAD Museum of Art presents “A Warhol Trio"
Sep. 16, 2009
SCAD announces art history guest lectures
Jul. 24, 2009
Virginia Kiah portraits at SCAD Museum
May. 11, 2009
Department honors Larry W. Forrest Scholars

Recognition

Grix awarded SECAC travel grant
Art history graduate student Eleanor Grix received the Gulnar Bosch Travel Award from the Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges. A panel of distinguished faculty members and the director of the annual conference, where Grix will present her research, selected her for the award.
Patricia Butz to present paper at AIA
Art history professor Patricia Butz, Ph.D., will present her paper "Hellenistic Identity and the Dedication of the Lichas, Son of Pyrrhus, the Achamanian" at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Anthony Mangieri to present paper at AIA
Art history professor Anthony Mangieri, Ph.D., will present his paper “The Art and Archaeology of Dress: Figured Textiles in Greek Vase-painting” at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Dziedzic present paper at art conference
Alumna Erin Dziedzic (M.A., art history, 2006) will present her paper "Memory and the Artist Self Portrait" at the annual meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference in Mobile, Ala.