The art history program will enrich
your understanding of the art of Western civilization by setting it within
its broader social and cultural context and by seriously considering the
variety of alternatives and responses to the Western tradition. Courses
such as Women Artists, Topics in World Art, and Museum
Studies help to balance the traditional chronological period
courses. Even within these period courses, various thematic issues and
theoretical approaches will help to unify your studies in the history
of art. You will explore artistic meaning through responsive as well as
analytical discussion and writing, and will learn to trust and strengthen
your own voice at the same time that you acquire an understanding of the
vocabulary and methods of analysis of the discipline of art history.
ARTstor - As a student at Millsaps
you'll have access to this large database of digital images. For instructions
on how to use this database, including how to study the image groups
set up by your professor and how to make your own classroom presentations,
click here.
There are also plenty of additional
opportunities beyond the classroom. Many of our students get academic
credit for internships at the Mississippi
Museum of Art, the MS
Arts Commission, and other local or regional sites. We have
students who complete honors projects and who study
abroad (including most recently Northern Ireland and Italy,
in addition to Millsaps' own summer programs in Europe and the Yucatan).
Some of our students have been part of the prestigious Ford
Fellowship Program, in which they team up with faculty mentors
and get college credit for learning about college teaching as a profession.
Groups of us have traveled to various cities to visit museums and galleries,
either arranged by the Art Club
or by individual professors. New Orleans and Memphis are favorites,
but students with one or two faculty mentors have also been to Houston,
Washington, and New York in recent years.
Tableau vivant of Manet's Luncheon on the Grass, 18th and 19th Century Art, 200
