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Amanda G Madden

Amanda G Madden

Amanda Madden is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Geospatial History at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM). Her resarch areas include digital spatial history, digital humanities, early modern Italy, the history of crime and violence, the history of women and ge...

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 341-001: Renaissance Art in Northern Europe

Spring 2024 -  Angela Ho   -  Section Syllabus

The astonishing lifelikeness of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, the technical virtuosity of Albrecht Dürer’s prints, and the careful observations of Pieter Bruegel’s depictions of peasants exemplify the art of Northern Europe during the Renaissance. This course examines how these creations were produced in...

BA in History

Studying history at George Mason will provide you with a broad perspective on the contemporary world and the events that have shaped it. As a history major, you will hone your skills in collecting, interpreting, and communicating information. Our department is home to specialists on every region of t...

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...

ARTH 340-001: Renais Art Italy: 1300-1500

Fall 2024 -  Lisa Passaglia Bauman 

This course is a survey of the major monuments of Italian art and architecture from 1300 to 1500. Traditionally, this period is studied through the productions of one great artist after another from Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi and Botticelli to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. But this course ...

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 ...

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...

Minor in Medieval Studies

The Middle Ages has had a powerful, long-lasting effect on cultures worldwide. A medieval studies curriculum enables students to discover just how much of our modern world can be traced back to the Middle Ages. The Minor Program in Medieval Studies has been designed as an interdisciplinary minor, to ...