History of Art

Fields of study include African art; African American art; American art; Asian art; British art; Byzantine art and architecture; Caribbean art; colonial Latin American art; contemporary art; eighteenth-century art; film and media; Greek and Roman art and architecture; history of photography; Native North American Art; Islamic art and architecture; Italian Early Modern Renaissance art and architecture; material culture and decorative arts; medieval European art and architecture; modern architecture; modern art; Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish art; nineteenth-century art; Northern Renaissance art; Pre-Hispanic art; seventeenth-century-European art and architecture; Slavic art.

Terminal Degrees Offered
  • PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
  • Combined PhD
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Admission Requirements

Standardized Testing Requirements

GRE is not accepted.

Program-Specific Application Requirements

A writing sample is required by this program. 

English Language Requirement

TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic is required of most applicants whose native language is not English.

You may be exempt from this requirement if you have received (or will receive) an undergraduate degree from a college or university where English is the primary language of instruction, and if you have studied in residence at that institution for at least three years.

Combined Degree Program Application Deadline

*The deadline to submit an application to a combined program is always the earlier deadline of the two individual programs, or December 15, whichever comes first.

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Combined PhD Information

History of Art offers a combined PhD in conjunction with Black Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Film and Media Studies, and Slavic and Eurasian Literatures and Cultures.

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