Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

The Japanese-born art historian Reiko Tomii is one of those researchers who is both passionate about her subjects and recognized among her peers for her meticulous mapping of the cultural-intellectual ...

The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most intriguing. Was it exposure to non-Western influences? The advent of the ...

ARTH116 Introduction to Renaissance and Early Modern Art History (4) (Recommended before junior year) ARTH117 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art History (4) (Recommended before junior year) ...

Being part of the art world means that many of our jokes fall flat or are incomprehensible to outsiders. That's alright, this poster of traditional Western art history makes the art geeks among us ...

Hans J. Van Miegroet is Professor Art & Markets within the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. He is also a founder of the Duke Art, Law and Markets Initiative (DALMI), ...

India’s modern art history is often reduced to a brief list of celebrated men. But alongside them, and frequently despite structural barriers, women painters were carving out bold, original visual ...

Thirty years ago, if you saw someone spray-painting a wall, you'd probably call the cops. Today, that same person might be selling their work for millions at Sotheby's. Street art has undergone one of ...