What is Art History?
Throughout my undergraduate study, I encountered many people who were admittedly or indirectly clueless as to what art history, by definition, is. The most common misunderstanding I run into is that art history is the study of how artists create…
Boring History.
As my husband was driving me to work this morning, I was thinking about a recent article I read in the NY Times that reported on extremely low history test scores from American elementary and high school students. Less than…
Forthcoming Articles
Dear Readers, I am working on a few articles that will be “published” here hopefully by the end of the month. They are, in order: What is Art History? Why Choose Art History? (Including a discussion of career options and…
The Value of My UCLA Degree
In recent news, questions have been raised as to the value of a college education and degree (also here), and if college is challenging enough. In fiscal terms, the most valuable degrees are those in the sciences and the least valuable are those in the…
