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Advice for High School & New College Students Wanting to Major in Art History

Advice for High School & New College Students Wanting to Major in Art History

July 4, 2015 · by Amy · in Art History, Careers, Education, High School, Higher Education, Q&A, Tumblr, Undergraduate Education

I have received a lot of emails recently from high school students or new college students wondering how to approach the study of art history. This is a response I wrote to those who emailed me using Tumblr. My goal…

The Last Day of Pompeii

The Last Day of Pompeii

April 26, 2015 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, History, Shorts, Tumblr

Some brief thoughts on Karl Briullov’s The Last Day of Pompeii (1830 – 1833).

7 Tips for Succeeding in your Art History Course

7 Tips for Succeeding in your Art History Course

April 23, 2015 · by Amy · in Art History, Higher Education, Lists, Undergraduate Education

Whether you are taking your first art history course or are an art history major, here are seven things you can do to help yourself succeed in, and get the most from, your  art history classes. 1. Take lots of notes. Every professor formats…

Brief Thoughts on The Passion of Christ through Honthorst's Eyes

Brief Thoughts on The Passion of Christ through Honthorst’s Eyes

April 4, 2015 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Dutch Baroque, Explorations, Sacred Art, Shorts

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”…

Q&A: "I've started to feel as if I'm not made to be an art historian.... Any advice, please?"

Q&A: “I’ve started to feel as if I’m not made to be an art historian…. Any advice, please?”

January 6, 2015 · by Amy · in Academia, Education, Q&A, Tumblr, Undergraduate Education

A reader seeks advice as they struggle with their place as an art history major.

Q&A: I'm an art history major and I feel so behind! How can I catch up to my classmates?

Q&A: I’m an art history major and I feel so behind! How can I catch up to my classmates?

November 24, 2014 · by Amy · in Art History, Higher Education, Q&A, Tumblr, Undergraduate Education

An art history major who feels behind in their classes asks how they can catch up to their peers.

Q&A: How can I continue to study art history when some artists were such terrible people?

Q&A: How can I continue to study art history when some artists were such terrible people?

November 18, 2014 · by Amy · in Art History, Q&A, Tumblr

A reader asks: how can they continue to study art history after learning about what terrible people some artists were?

"Help! My parents don't want me to major in art history."

“Help! My parents don’t want me to major in art history.”

November 16, 2014 · by Amy · in Art History, Careers, Education, High School, Higher Education, Undergrad

One of the most frequent emails I get from aspiring art history majors is something along the lines of, “I fell in love with art history and want to major in it, but my parents want me to pursue something…

Q&A: How important is it to get an art history degree from a highly-ranked college?

Q&A: How important is it to get an art history degree from a highly-ranked college?

June 28, 2014 · by Amy · in Art History, Careers, Higher Education, Q&A, Tumblr, Undergraduate Education

A reader asks how important an art history degree from a highly-ranked university is to their career options, and wonders if a degree from an “average” university would suffice.

Q&A: Where do I start when writing an open-ended art history research paper?

Q&A: Where do I start when writing an open-ended art history research paper?

March 20, 2014 · by Amy · in Academia, Art History, Education, Higher Education, Q&A, Tumblr, Uncategorized, Undergraduate Education

A reader needs advice about how to begin writing an open-ended research paper for their art history class.

Caravaggio's Madonna of the Rosary

Caravaggio’s Madonna of the Rosary

August 19, 2013 · by Amy · in Art History, Caravaggio, Collaboration, Education, Essay, History, Religious History, Rosary Project, Sacred Art

James from Amor Sciendi and I collaborated on his latest video, “The Madonna of the Rosary and the Counter Reformation.” You can watch the video below and read the article for more information. Please visit the Amor Sciendi YouTube channel…

A Quiet Holiness: Caravaggio's Madonna di Loreto

A Quiet Holiness: Caravaggio’s Madonna di Loreto

August 5, 2013 · by Amy · in Art History, Caravaggio, Explorations, Sacred Art, Series

Gentle, sensuous, tender, human. These are just a few of the words that describe Caravaggio’s depictions of the Virgin Mary. His Marian works rarely, if ever, reflect the same vibrant optimism seen in his peers’ paintings of the Virgin.1 Rather, glorification of the…

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