Student Perspective
“I was a little surprised that I became an art history major, but after taking my first art history class, I was like, ‘This is what I want to do.’”
Sarah Matthews ’23
Art History
Stoughton, Wisconsin
Professor Beth Zinsli | Open Office
Lawrence students visit the office of Professor Beth Zinsli, Assistant Professor of Art History, Curator of the Wriston Art Center Galleries and Museum Studies Interdisciplinary Area Program Director.
Representing Identity in American Art
Consider the growth of landscape, genre, and history painting, as well as portraiture, in the context of changing ideas about nationalism, class, race, and gender.
The Wriston Art Center Galleries
Discover the world-class galleries housing Lawrence’s acclaimed permanent collections as well as student art and exhibitions.
Expand your horizons
Bring the cultures you examine as an art history student into focus by visiting them through Lawrence’s London Centre and other study abroad programs.
The Chandler Senior Experience
Study culminates in Senior Seminar, a one-term course in which you’ll develop projects to produce your own original writing of art history.
As part of Senior Experience, students have been awarded grants allowing them to conduct research in Japan, Switzerland, Germany, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Re-sinicization: Contemporary Chinese Art in the Postcolonial Discourse
- Male Gaze or Male Graze? Considering the Tactile Nature of Rupert Carabin's 1896 Furniture Set
Art History Outcomes
From medicine to medieval studies, Lawrentians who study art history find satisfaction in a variety of careers and fields of advanced study.