Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2008
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Department of Visual Studies
Contact Information
Art HistoryCollege of Arts and Sciences
608 Clemens Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-4640
Phone: 716.645.6878
Fax: 716.645.5978
Web Address: www.visualstudies.buffalo.edu
David Schirm
Chair
Chair
Anthony Rozak
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Program Overview
The department of Visual Studies is a newly merged department consisting of the former departments of Art and Art History. The Department of Visual Studies brings together several major aspects of art and visual culture: the practice of art, the history of art, and the critical study of visual images.
The Department offers degree programs in art, art history as well as courses in visual studies. There are courses offered under three headings: visual studies, art and art history.
The Department of Visual Studies Art History Program is committed to exploring what the visual arts (painting, sculpture, performance art, graphic arts, architecture, photography, and decorative arts) reveal about the cultures that produced them. Using a diverse range of methodological approaches, the art history faculty helps students acquire the necessary tools and knowledge to make sense of our visual world. Courses cover all of the world's major geographic areas, with individual professors exploring specific interests in social history, gender and race, post-colonialism, problems of taste and patronage, myth and narrative. An art history major is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career in the arts, but it is equally valuable for those seeking to develop visual, analytical, and communicative skills. Recent graduates have gone on to work in museums and art galleries, enroll in a variety of humanities graduate programs, and pursue careers in law, government, and business.
The Department offers degree programs in art, art history as well as courses in visual studies. There are courses offered under three headings: visual studies, art and art history.
The Department of Visual Studies Art History Program is committed to exploring what the visual arts (painting, sculpture, performance art, graphic arts, architecture, photography, and decorative arts) reveal about the cultures that produced them. Using a diverse range of methodological approaches, the art history faculty helps students acquire the necessary tools and knowledge to make sense of our visual world. Courses cover all of the world's major geographic areas, with individual professors exploring specific interests in social history, gender and race, post-colonialism, problems of taste and patronage, myth and narrative. An art history major is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career in the arts, but it is equally valuable for those seeking to develop visual, analytical, and communicative skills. Recent graduates have gone on to work in museums and art galleries, enroll in a variety of humanities graduate programs, and pursue careers in law, government, and business.
Updated: May 7, 2007 11:23:43 AM