Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art and Art History
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About the Department
 
The Department of Art & Art History offers a wide variety of courses for majors and non-majors. In studio art, two academic degrees are offered: the BA and the BFA. In art history, we offer a BA degree. Art history is the study of works of art and architectural monuments in their cultural environment. Students learn first to develop their powers of critical visual analysis. Then, by concentrated study of certain significant periods in the history of Western and non-Western art, they learn to relate the forms of art to contemporary historical, political, economic, religious, social and cultural phenomena.
The department’s broad range of studio courses begins with Introduction to Study of Visual Experience (ARTLA 10100 ) followed by Beginning Drawing (ARTCR 22100 ), which are prerequisites for all studio courses. In the beginning classes, the student learns the basic principles in various media; the advanced courses emphasize individual exploration.
Programs and Courses
Programs and Courses in Art and Art History
Administration and Faculty
Department Office:
11054 North
(212) 772-4995
Web site: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/~art
Chair:
Howard Singerman
N11054
(212) 772-5051
Faculty
Art Faculty
HEGIS Code: 1002 (Studio Art); 1003 (Art History)
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