Art History and Visual Culture Studies
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Paul Wilson ’01, is attending the graduate program in Art History at the University of Minnesota.
Jennifer Watson ‘97, completed the University of Oregon’s Historical Preservation program and is now restoring old buildings in the Portland and Seattle areas.
Drew Pasek ‘97, completed his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently working with an architectural firm in Washington, D.C
If you’re passionate about the visual arts and eager to explore global cultures, values, and beliefs through the study of visual representations and artifacts, this could be your ideal major.
The art history and visual culture studies program at Whitman is a perfect choice for students who seek to investigate visual culture in its historic and modern forms in order to understand its impact on the formation of human values and identity.
The major offers a flexible but rigorous curriculum that incorporates fascinating insights and perspectives from across a wide variety of fields, including history, politics, philosophy, aesthetics, religion, anthropology, sociology, and literature.
The courses are designed to enable students to explore, understand, and appreciate visual histories and representations from across a wide range of eras, countries, and cultures. They also cover an extensive variety of visual forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, book illustration, prints, film, photography, performance art, and more.
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