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ARTH 440-001: War, Trade, Colonialism

Fall 2024 -  Angela Ho 

In the early modern period (c. 1400 to 1700), European powers encountered cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the contexts of trade, war, colonization, and Christian missions. This seminar explores the impact of the new knowledge and questions generated in these interactions on visual and m...

Angela Ho

Angela Ho

Angela Ho received her undergraduate degree from the University of Sydney, M.A. from Williams College, and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Before coming to George Mason, Ho taught at the University of Tennessee and the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on European pictorial art and ...

ARTH 201-DL1: History of Western Art II

Fall 2024 -  Heather M McGuire 

This asynchronous online course surveys major developments in Western art from the early Renaissance through the twentieth century. It examines representative works of art from major artists, cultures, periods, artistic contexts, and styles. Through weekly units composed of reading assignments and il...

ARTH 201-001: History of Western Art II

Fall 2024 -  Heather M McGuire 

This synchronous, in class course surveys major developments in Western art from the early Renaissance through the twentieth century. It examines representative works of art from major artists, cultures, periods, artistic contexts, and styles. Through weekly units composed of reading assignments and ...

BA in Art History

As an art history major at Mason, you'll investigate works of art to learn about how and why they were made, and about the people who made them. You'll study art as a form of personal expression and a record of its historical moment by understanding not only the artwork's aesthetic qualities, but als...

Sheila ffolliott

Sheila ffolliott

Sheila ffolliott taught art history at Mason from 1978-2009. She was also Chair of the Art Department and the Art History Department and Coordinator of Art History within the Department of History and Art History. Recent publications include “Cosimo I and Catherine de’ Medici: Cousins and Rulers” fo...

Comprehensive Exam

A Guide to Comprehensive Exams The exam consists of three parts.  Part One is a slide exam taken during the final exam period for ARTH 601, Colloquium in Art History.  You receive 25 images representing major works/monuments of world art.  You identify them as fully as possible (Artist’s name, date...

ARTH 201-DL1: History of Western Art II

Spring 2024 -  Heather M McGuire   -  Section Syllabus

This asynchronous, online course surveys major developments in Western art from the early Renaissance through the twentieth century. It examines representative works of art from major artists, cultures, periods, artistic contexts and styles. Through weekly units composed of reading assignments and il...

ARTH 201-001: History of Western Art II

Spring 2024 -  Heather M McGuire   -  Section Syllabus

This hybrid course surveys major developments in Western art from the early Renaissance through the twentieth century. It examines representative works of art from major artists, cultures, periods, artistic contexts and styles. Through weekly on campus (Tuesday) and synchronous online class meetings ...

Graduate Art History Seminar

All courses for the Art History M.A. are taught as seminars, the most common course format for graduate study in the Humanities. Seminars limit enrollment to eighteen students, thereby facilitating extensive group discussion of the topic at hand. Each week students read extensively (various articles ...