Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

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.

Professor Nino Zchomelidse looking over a scroll with class in the Macksey Reading Room in Brody Learning Commons.

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.

Undergraduates at Walters Museum of Art to viewing exhibit “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” in fall of 2023.

Undergraduate Studies

In small classes and informal excursions, undergrads integrate their direct experience of works of art with knowledge acquired through historical research.

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The Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellowship / The Walters Art Museum

The Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellowship at the Walters Art Museum is designed to provide curatorial and museum training for an advanced graduate student (a Ph.D. candidate in good standing) in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. It will support halftime work on the fellow’s dissertation and halftime work as a...