(water lapping, seagull calling)
- The art history major at St. Mary's
offers students the opportunity to
connect a study of art
with the making of art.
So from the first day, students
in an art history class
are thinking critically about works of art
and connecting their
study to broader questions
about history and other cultural areas.
- [Joe] The art history field
is so interdisciplinary.
Students who graduated
with the art history major
go into a wide variety of professions
in other fields related
to the culture industry
including gallery owners,
or art history professors,
web content developers.
- [Cecilia] What I love about art history
is that you have to know
a little bit about a lot
to understand how a piece
of art came into fruition.
You have to know about
the political history.
You have to know social
history, cultural history.
Being able to have those kind of like
nuanced critical thinking
skills and analysis skills
are obviously very useful for art history.
They're really useful for any field.
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