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Art History and Architecture

  • Affords Visits to NYC Museums and Galleries
  • Examines All Media
  • Explores Style, Movements, and Forms

These courses provide a forum for exploring the world of art—from ancient artifacts and ruins to contemporary painters and photographers. You will tour New York City’s renowned museums and galleries with art historians and museum professionals, as you develop an understanding of the history, cultural context, and aesthetics of art movements and trends.

This semester, study in-person or from anywhere in the world from the safety and comfort of your home through online or remote instruction.

Contemporary Photography: From Richard Avedon to Ai Weiwei

Learn about prominent contemporary photographers and the stylistic approaches they use to depict portraits, landscape, still life, and street scenes.

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Dishing the Dirt on Artists: From Renaissance to Modern Art

Learn about artists’ lives and famous artworks in this entertaining trip through art history.

2025 Spring
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Architecture of New York

Survey the history of New York architecture, from the Dutch Golden Age to the Global City of the 21st...

2025 Spring
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Two Eccentric Superstars: Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol

Explore Salvador Dali’s and Andy Warhol’s, art, legacy, and complex...

2025 Spring
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Art in Dark Times

Explore how famous artists used art to respond to the greatest social and political challenges of their...

2025 Spring
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The New York Art Scene

Explore New York City’s museums and galleries virtually to gain insight into the meaning of and inspiration for today’s art.

2025 Spring
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Islamic Art History: A Focus on Cairo

Explore the history, architecture, and artistic importance of Cairo.

2025 Spring
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Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Explore the art and architecture of ancient Greece and key moments in Greek art and culture

Artists of the Woodstock Artists Association

Explore the history and influence of the Woodstock Artists Association

Contemporary Figurative Painting: From Lynette Yiadom-Boakye to Luc Tuymans and Kerry James Marshall

Get to know the artists who are leading today’s figurative painting movement.

Marketing and Community Engagement for the Arts

Learn what a nonprofit arts manager must know about the business of marketing the visual and performing arts.

Sculpture Through the Ages: Depictions of the Human Body

Explore how artists from the Paleolithic age to the 21st century depicted the human form through sculpture.

Forever Young: Great Artists Who Left Us Early

Explore the masterpieces, legacies, and mysteries of famous artists who died young.

Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy, and the Avant-Garde

Explore the artistic legacy of the most famous couples in modern art.

The Dutch Tradition: From Rembrandt to de Kooning

Explore 350 years of Dutch art from Vermeer to Mondrian. 

The History of NYC Photography Through the Lens of Iconic Photographers

Explore the photographic history of New York City through the eyes of famous photographers.

The Surreal Universe of René Magritte

Explore the art of Magritte and his surrealist contemporaries.

The History of Art: Drawings From Da Vinci to Degas

Explore the art of drawing through the works of famous...