Past informs present, even an antique art object or the landscape of a long-defunct academy, Xin Conan-Wu would like her students to remember. This idea pervades her research and even more so her ...

Prehistory-6th century. Cosmological landscapes -- Ancient gardens -- Landscape and architecture -- Genius loci -- 6th-15th centuries. Western Europe : walled minds, walled gardens -- Moorish Spain : ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Maths is enabling a deeper dive into the evolution of artistic styles. Ancient artwork holds clues to past cultures, but even the most astute art historian would struggle to study thousands of ...

From its earliest beginnings as a colonized territory, Louisiana has always been seen as a land apart. Its landscapes, tangled with vegetation and dense with waterways, were alternately viewed as ...