The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all ...

Traditional European history painting showed scenes from scripture or Greco-Roman history. These were the most important paintings because they showed the most important subjects. The ...

Few contemporary artists challenge the narratives of Western art history as provocatively and playfully as Kent Monkman. The artist has spent decades confronting the colonial gaze from inside of some ...

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864. This watercolor, purchased for $10 at a thrift shop in Glenside, Pa., may be the ...

Katherine Latey holds her piece, "The Condemnation Trial of Jeanne d'Arc." Latey researched the heroine during her HIST 301 class with Dr. Guerrerro. (Annabelle Jones) A BYU student is combining her ...

Jackson Pollock’s famous painting Number 1A, 1948 looms large, both physically (it measures 172.7 by 264.2 cm) and in the ...

Carl Kahler’s 1891 painting My Wife’s Lovers just might be the most magnificent painting of cats in the history of art—and the story behind it is one incredible tail! The sumptuous portrait of 42 cats ...

The Art History major offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary course of study that reaches deep into the past and across the world. Through small, discussion-based classes, you’ll hone your analytical, ...

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