Students in SAIC’s Master of Arts in Modern and Contemporary Art History program pursue research in a prestigious fine art school connected with a major American art museum. Art History students work ...

Art History is a central part of all students’ education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism offers courses that examine how ...

while helping them to develop foundational skills of art-historical analysis, for instance: visual and comparative analysis; contextual analysis and the use of primary sources. The overall structure ...

This course also seeks to introduce students to the basic art historical methods of visual and comparative analysis, with a focus on the production, function, reception, and power of visual images ...

Students of art history learn how to understand these works of art through research and analysis of aesthetic issues, cultural contexts, and artistic practices. They ultimately acquire specialized ...

Art and design history encourages students to develop visual analysis skills, argument construction, scholarly research, effective communication, and historical knowledge. As the field of art history ...

Art historical analysis and interdisciplinary research have revealed an oil painting by William Turner that can be dated to around 1840. The find provides further insights into the work of the ...

which were further analyzed through detailed art-historical visual analysis, focusing on stylistic elements like brushstrokes and composition. Past work has shown that art authentication benefits ...