The Department is pleased to announce Professor Caroline Lillian Schopp‘s book, forthcoming in November 2025 with the University of Chicago Press, In-action: Viennese Actionism and the Passivities of Performance Art.
Critical Thinking through Art
The Department of the History of Art offers unique opportunities for the study of art history thanks to the university’s proximity to remarkable collections in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
- Degrees Offered BA, BA/MA, PhD
- Major Art History
- Minor Art History
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Graduate Program
The graduate program in art history emphasizes close working relationships among students and faculty in seminars and concentrated, in-person study of works of art in the outstanding local collections.
Faculty
Our faculty are experts in ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, European medieval, European Renaissance and early modern, ancient and early modern Americas, Islamic, South Asian, and modern and contemporary art and architectural history.
Undergraduate Studies
In small classes and informal excursions, undergrads integrate their direct experience of works of art with knowledge acquired through historical research.
News & Announcements
History of Art Sophomore Frances Leiter Awarded Smithsonian Internship
The Department of History of Art extends its congratulations to sophomore Frances Leiter, who has secured an internship at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage this summer. We […]
Robert and Nancy Hall Undergraduate Internship / Walters Museum of Art, Summer 2025
The Hall Internship provides undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University the opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the museum profession and to contribute meaningfully to the work of the […]