Graduate Schools in Modern Art History/Criticism
Jane Patterson
Criticsm. (I will be recieving my BA in Art History in May). What good
schools are there out there besides the Art Institute of Chicago? My
interests are primarily 20th century and photography.
Thanks in advance,
Jane
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Jane Patterson (jpat...@willamette.edu)
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morgan libby
(Jane Patterson) wrote:
Most graguate schools have a MA/PhD in Art History, with a concentration
So, you apply to the school of your choice and then specialize. The way
to pick a school is to read papers and journals (art Bulletin for
instance) and find published professors that you admire,ie Linda Nochlin
at Oberlin.
but some guidelines are:
Yale is rated the best in the country by some compilers.
USC, in one article I read, was rated best in the world behind the Sorbonne.
UCLA (I hate to say this) has an impressive AH program.
UC Berkely is better than UCLA
Princeton is VERY Very good.
Univ. Of Michigan has produced some impresive Scholars and should be considered
Go--maybe you can define a geographical region that you would like and
then go from there
oops --do not forget NYU--especialy re: Modern Art
David Byron
> I'm considering going on to a Masters/PhD in Modern Art History and/or
> Criticsm. (I will be recieving my BA in Art History in May). What good
> schools are there out there besides the Art Institute of Chicago? My
> interests are primarily 20th century and photography.
There are currently 55 graduate programs offering the PhD in Art History.
Quite a few more offer the terminal MA. In Photo History, your choices
for the PhD are:
U of Oregon Nicholson, K 18th c, 19th c, & photo hist
U of Delaware Homer, W I 19th c, 20th c, & photo hist
U C Irvine[ucsb]Bermingham, A 19th c, American, & photo hist
U Tx Austin Herbert, J 19th c & photo hist
U of Rochester Seiberling, G 19th c Eur & photo hist
U of Michigan Kirkpatrick, D 20th c & photo hist
U C Irvine Stein, S American & photo hist
U of Minnesota Silberman, R Film hist & photo hist
C U N Y Krauss, R. Modern & Photo
Boston U Sichel, K Modern & photo hist
U of Pittsburgh Sheon, A Modern, photo hist, & 19th c
Princeton U Bunnell, P Photo
U of New Mexico Barrow, T F Photo
U of New Mexico Janis, E P Photo
U of Rochester Mertin, R Photo
SUNY Binghamton Tagg, J Photo & Theory
U of Chicago Snyder, J Photo & Theory
Penn State U Henisch, H Photo hist
Syracuse U Marien, M L Photo hist
U C S B Keller, U F Photo hist
U of Louisville Anderson, D R Photo hist
U of Rochester Chiarenza, C Photo hist & theory
This data comes from the College Art Association's guide
to graduate programs. The latest issue of the guide is
about three years old, so some of these folks may have
moved around a bit. Newer data is due out in January,
or so I hear.
The descriptions in the right column are the specializations
claimed by the specific professors, according to the Guide.
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Sheila C. Murphy
>In article <36suo9$p...@jupiter.willamette.edu>, jpat...@willamette.edu
>(Jane Patterson) wrote:
>> I'm considering going on to a Masters/PhD in Modern Art History and/or
>> Criticsm. (I will be recieving my BA in Art History in May). What good
>> schools are there out there besides the Art Institute of Chicago? My
>> interests are primarily 20th century and photography.
>There are currently 55 graduate programs offering the PhD in Art History.
>Quite a few more offer the terminal MA. In Photo History, your choices
>for the PhD are:
(other schools deleted)
>U of Rochester Seiberling, G 19th c Eur & photo hist
>U of Rochester Mertin, R Photo
>U of Rochester Chiarenza, C Photo hist & theory
>This data comes from the College Art Association's guide
>to graduate programs. The latest issue of the guide is
>about three years old, so some of these folks may have
>moved around a bit. Newer data is due out in January,
>or so I hear.
>The descriptions in the right column are the specializations
>claimed by the specific professors, according to the Guide.
>David C. Byron <byr...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu> Dept of Fine Arts, GradSch, VU
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> "Farai un vers de dreyt nien:|Non er de mi ni d'autra gen,|Non er d'amor ni
> de joven,|Ni de ren au,|Qu'enans fo trobatz en durmen|Sobre chevau"--G,Dd'A
I am currently an undergraduate in the Art History program at the
University of Rochester and wanted to let you know that the grad program is
a bit different than it was when the last CAA guide was published. The
graduate "art history" program know goes by the name of Visual and Cultural
Studies. The program emphasizes theory and the practice of art making and
is very interdisciplinary. Current classes that fall under the program's
umbrella include "Contemporary Art: Theory and Practice", "The End of Art",
a comp lit course on Psychoanalysis, "Representing AIDS", and a course on
women's (autobiographical) writing, feminist theory, and social history,
among other stuff.
Students in the program take film and comp lit classes and lots of other
stuff that wouldn't traditionally be thought of as art history per se. Many
of the students have M.F.A.s or the like. It is a very unique and very
competitive program. The above professors teach more on an undergrad level
and R. Mertin teaches studio. The chair of the department is Michael Ann
Holly. Just thought I would provide an update. I wish CAA would put out a
new guide as I am starting to look at grad schools myself and if other
schools info is as out of date as the Univeristy of Rochester's then I am in
big trouble!
Sheila C. Murphy