The undergraduate program in art history equips students with the fundamental skills and perspectives of the liberal arts: to think clearly and critically, to write well, and to find, analyze, evaluate, and present facts and ideas.
Art History
Welcome to Art History!
You join a host of UVA students who share your enthusiasm for art and its histories. We look forward to helping you create a personal journey through the many and diverse lectures, colloquia and seminars we share with expertise ranging from the Classical world, to contemporary African and Aboriginal cultures, medieval astronomy to queer modernities, Chinese and Buddhist traditions to Byzantine archaeology, LatinX creation to Renaissance scientific innovation, fabrics of the Islamic world to British influence worldwide, and the indigenous Americas to the colonial roots of our home in Charlottesville.
Your Art History faculty work at the forefront of global art historical trends and research. You can grow here with the Art History Club at UVA, expanding your understanding of Art History with like-minded Hoos. We have J-term study abroad programs in Rome and Prague, and we encourage everyone to use all of their pre-approved study abroad coursework toward graduation requirements. Our students work as docents, and receive nationally renowned summer paid and unpaid internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian, Fralin, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, to name just a few. Many go on to internationally renowned graduate programs and others routinely attend the best medical and law schools in the country. UVA Art History supplies a solid foundation for your future today.