Art history is the study of art objects and traditions as they record, reflect, and shape the materials, cultures, and ideas around them. Interdisciplinary in nature, Art History complements many areas of study by enhancing critical and creative skills such as attentive looking, analysis, and interpretation, object research and argumentative writing. By introducing students to a diversity of visual languages that communicate human experiences, values, and systems, the Art History minor is useful to fields such as the fine arts, education, design and communication, journalism, digital humanities, museum and gallery work, business, medicine, and law.
Current Area Chair for Art History https://art.uga.edu/directory/art-history
15 hours
The prerequisite for all upper-level Art History classes is to take one of the following courses (or its equivalent)
| ARHI 2300 | Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance | 3 |
| ARHI 2400 | Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARHI 2311H | Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance (Honors) | 3 |
| ARHI 2411H | Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary (Honors) | 3 |
Choose 15 credit hour(s) from the following:
ARHI prefix courses at the 3000-4999 level
Students must complete at least two courses in each of the chronological periods.
| ARHI(CLAS) 3001 | Ancient Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 3002 | Greek Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 3004 | Roman Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 3010 | Medieval Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 3020 | Renaissance Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3022 | Art and Architecture of Byzantium - The Empire of the New Rome | 3 |
| ARHI 3030 | Baroque Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3032 | Art and Architecture of Russia | 3 |
| ARHI 3100 | Asian Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 4000/6000 | Hellenistic Greek Art | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 4002/6002 | Greek and Roman Painting | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 4004/6004 | The Roman Villa | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 4006/6006 | Color in Ancient Art | 3 |
| ARHI(CLAS) 4008/6008 | Ancient Roman Sculpture | 3 |
| ARHI 4030/6030 | Classical Tradition in the Visual Arts | 3 |
| ARHI 4050/6050 | Icons in Byzantium: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ARHI 4060/6060 | Image in Space: Mural Painting and Architecture in Byzantium | 3 |
| ARHI 4100/6100 | Early Medieval Art | 3 |
| ARHI 4110/6110 | Art and Architecture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | 3 |
| ARHI 4120/6120 | Gothic Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 4130/6130 | Late Gothic Art in Italy | 3 |
| ARHI 4200/6200 | Early Renaissance in Italy | 3 |
| ARHI 4210/6210 | High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy | 3 |
| ARHI 4220/6220 | Early Modern Prints and the Global World | 3 |
| ARHI 4290/6290 | Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture | 3 |
| ARHI 4300/6300 | Italian Baroque Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARHI 4310/6310 | Northern Baroque Art | 3 |
| ARHI 4350/6350 | Art and Architecture of the City of Rome | 3 |
| ARHI 4900/6900 | Topics in Ancient and Medieval Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3032 | Art and Architecture of Russia | 3 |
| ARHI 3041 | Introduction to African American Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3050 | American Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3054 | Eighteenth-Century European Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3056 | Nineteenth-Century European Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3065 | Modern Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3077 | Latin American Modern Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3080 | Introduction to Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARHI 3530 | Modernist Photography | 3 |
| ARHI 3940 | Gender and Feminism and Art History | 3 |
| ARHI 4400/6400 | The Natural History of Art | 3 |
| ARHI 4410/6410 | American Art from Colonial Settlement through the Civil War | 3 |
| ARHI 4420/6420 | American Art of the Fin de Sie`cle 1876-1913 | 3 |
| ARHI 4430/6430 | Shaping Material Culture: Sculpture in the 18th and 19th Centuries | 3 |
| ARHI 4440/6440 | American Modernism 1900-1946: Alfred Stieglitz's America | 3 |
| ARHI 4490/6490 | Rococo and Co. | 3 |
| ARHI 4500/6500 | Realism and Impressionism | 3 |
| ARHI 4510/6510 | Modern Art in Europe from 1886 to 1918 | 3 |
| ARHI 4520/6520 | Interdisciplinary Modernisms | 3 |
| ARHI 4530/6530 | Nineteenth-Century Photography | 3 |
| ARHI 4540/6540 | European Art Between the Great Wars | 3 |
| ARHI 4570/6570 | Modern Art in the Realm of Dance | 3 |
| ARHI 4575/6575 | Artists' Writing | 3 |
| ARHI 4580/6580 | Postmodern Visual Culture | 3 |
| ARHI 4590/6590 | Millennial Culture and the Inhuman: Art and Culture in the Year 2000 | 3 |
| ARHI 4916/6916 | Topics in 18th- and 19th-Century Art | 3 |
| ARHI 4920/6920 | Topics in Modern Art | 3 |
| ARHI(WMST) 4940/6940 | Gender Issues and Art History | 3 |
| ARHI 3090 * | Topics in Art History | 3 |
| ARHI 4750/6750 * | Topics in Museum Objects, Collections, Exhibitions | 3 |
*ARHI 3090 and ARHI 4750 are variable courses whose instructor and topic determine which of the two areas it may fulfill. Students who wish to use this course to fulfill a specific area distribution should contact the Art History chair for more information.
All courses used to satisfy the minor requirement must be passed with a grade of "C" (2.0) or better. Of the fifteen hours of upper-level ARHI courses required, twelve hours are required in residence for the minor. Six hours of 3000-level courses (2 courses) must be completed before a student is able to enroll in 4000-level courses. Six hours (2 courses) must be at the 4000-level. Even as a registered minor, students may need permission from the Area to register for a 4000-level class.
Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor. Courses taken in Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.