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The Study of Art and Art History at Fordham

Art History Department
The Art History Department offers majors with concentrations in Renaissance and Baroque Art, Modern Art, Global Art, and Ancient and Medieval Art. It also offers a minor, as well as a double major in Art History and Visual Arts.
Visual Arts Department
The Visual Arts Department offers a major with concentrations in Painting and Drawing, Graphic Design, Film and Video, Architecture, and Photography. It also offers a minor.

Background Resources

The AAM Guide to Provenance Research by Nancy H. Yeide
Call Number: (RH) Ref N3999 .Y45 2001
Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, 2001.
Isms : Understanding Art by Stephen Little
Call Number: (RH) Ref N5302 .L585 2004
New York : Universe, 2004.
Styles, Schools and Movements by Amy Dempsey
Call Number: (RH) Ref N6490.4 .D45 2010
New York : Thames and Hudson, 2010.
The Short Story of Art : A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes & Techniques by Susie Hodge
Call Number: (RH) N5300 .H64 2017
London : Laurence King Publishing, 2017.
The Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by James A. Hall
Call Number: (RH/LC) Ref N7740 .H3 1994
New York : IconEditions, c1994.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms by Edward Lucie-Smith
Call Number: (RH/LC) Ref N33 .L75 2004
London : Thames & Hudson, 2003.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art by Hugh Brigstocke (Editor)
Call Number: (RH/LC) Ref + N33 .O923 2001
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Symbols and Allegories in Art by Matilde Battistini
Call Number: (RH) N7740 .B2913 2005 Stacks
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.
Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art by Sarah Carr-Gomm
Call Number: N7740 .C29 1995
New York : Facts on File, 1995.

Visual Arts Research Guide

Find more suggested resources in the Visual Arts research guide.

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