Majors in the history
of art often go on to successful careers in related fields
as conservators, art therapists, museum curators, and professors.
They also may occupy positions in commercial galleries and
auction houses. But in equally significant numbers, our majors
apply the analytical thinking and interpretive skills they
develop here to careers in law, medicine, and business.
A concentration in Visual
Studies is another option for undergraduates interested
in an interdisciplinary approach to art history. To Apply
Fill in the major and college requirements forms; these can
be obtained in the History of Art department office (GM08
Goldwin Smith Hall). Please use PEN for ONLY those courses
that have been COMPLETED. Attach a copy of your unofficial
transcript; this can be obtained at your college registrar
office. Make an appointment to meet with the Director of Undergraduate
Studies, Professor Cynthia Robinson, by contacting the department
assistant, Jessica Smith, phone: (607) 255-9861, jls499@cornell.edu;
bring the major and college requirements forms and transcript.
Majors Group
Active since 1991, our Majors Group provides undergraduates with opportunities for academic activities beyond the department. Most notable are the annual exhibitions the majors organize at the Johnson Museum of Art. Working with museum curators and the education department, our majors choose the exhibition theme, select the images, write the accompanying catalog, and organize the public programs. In 1999, our majors presented their first cross-cultural exhibition "Children: Seen and Not Heard." Collaborating with Cornell Cinema, they also developed a related film program "A World of Children." Other recent exhibition themes include "Tempo of the City: New York Photography in the Twentieth Century" (1996), "Raising the Curtain: Images of Performance" (1997), and "Private: Exploring Personal Space" (1998).
After Graduation
Our graduating seniors have gone on to graduate studies in conservation, art history, and performance studies at programs including the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Stanford University; New York University; Columbia University; Rutgers University; Berkeley; the University of Southern California; Harvard University; Rhode Island School of Design; Tufts University; the University of Pennsylvania; and Yale University. The Albert Einstein Center Medical School and Georgetown University School of Law are also among the institutions our graduates currently attend. With the undergraduate training alone received in this department, yet others occupy career positions at Christie's, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Mingei International Museum of Folk Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Norton Simon Museum of Art.
Beyond Cornell, our majors gain practical field experience through internships at museums, historical societies, and commercial galleries. Competitive internships awarded in recent years placed our majors at the Asia Society, the Cloisters, Corcoran Gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice, Italy), Sotheby's, and Whitney Museum of Art.
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