This survey examines the technical, aesthetic, and political histories of photography from pre-photographic technologies to the present. Considering photography’s complex role as a reproductive medium, this course will address its relationship with other visual arts, its deployment in scientific, fac...
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...
LaNitra M. Berger is an associate professor of history and art history and director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University. From 2010-2022, she was the senior director of the Office of Fellowships at Mason. Throughout her career, she has worked toward helping underrepresen...
Vanessa Meikle Schulman is a specialist in the art and visual culture of the United States. She received her PhD in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine, in 2010, and has published her research in the academic journals American Art, Invisible Culture, Nineteenth Century Studies, A...
Wes is a home-grown addition to the GMU staff. A military brat, Wes moved to northern Virginia in the mid-1980s, earned his Associate's from NVCC, then transferred to GMU for his BA and graduate school. After 10 years teaching for Northern Virginia Community College, he ventured down the road and too...
Prof. Lair's work examines warfare and its relationship to American society and culture, with particular emphasis on how knowledge and memories of the past are constructed and disseminated over time. She is the author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War, which exami...
This year we have a new addition to the Art History faculty, Professor Vanessa Meikle Schulman. Professor Schulman came to Mason after teaching at Illinois State University for five years. She is a specialist in the art and visual culture of the United States, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centur...
The program continues to grow and advance. First, congratulations to Dr. DeCaroli who has been promoted to full professor of Art History! Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson We have a new faculty member in Ancient Art starting this fall. Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson is an Egyptologist, with a special focus on gen...
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...
This synchronous online course introduces students to major developments in US and European art produced from 1968 to the present. Students study art, artists, and innovations that distinguish this exciting time of fast-paced cultural and artistic change. Through synchronous online class meetings on ...
