Art History   Art is a profound and persistent human impulse.
Art History explores the history of making, viewing and
experiencing works of art and architecture. It asks key
questions such as what is art for, what does it mean, and how
does it function in broader culture? These questions will be
part of a dynamic encounter with complex and compelling works of
art. You will gain the historical knowledge and analytical
skills to make sense of such works across time and space, to
relate them to each other and to the specific historical and
cultural contexts for which they were created.  You will be
trained in the skills of visual and spatial analysis that are
fundamental to our discipline - the ability to critically
interpret the visual appearance of a given object. As well as
the canonical forms of painting, sculpture and architecture, you
will encounter a wide spectrum of media and art practice, from
body art to video installation, from fresco to pop, from
processional ritual to performance art, from early pri