Degree Programs

18th and 19th-century Decorative Arts Topics

History of Historical Research
Antiquarianism
The Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean

American and European Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Tradition, Taste, and Aesthetics
Travel, Tourism, and the Material World

17th- and 18th-century Art and Culture

Material Culture of North America and Europe, 16th through 20th centuries
Global Cultural Encounter
Philosophy of Museums and Material Culture: Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics

Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast
Museums and Anthropology

Material Culture of New York City
Early American Material Culture
Cultural Geography and Landscape

Europe and USA, c.1750-2000
Histories of Design, Architecture and Objects
Material Culture, Film, Gender

Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts and Material Culture
History and Theory of Museums
Culinary History

History of Chinese Design and Visual Culture
Material Culture of Medieval China

European and American Clothing and Textiles

Early Modern Northern European Fine and Applied Arts
The Reformation and the Arts; The History and Theory of Ornament
The Early History of Collecting

19th and 20th century Architectural and Design History
Material Culture of Childhood

Greek, Roman, Ancient Near Eastern, and Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Ancient Crafts and Technology
Rediscovery of Antiquity/Ancient Revival Styles; Museology; Protection of Cultural Property

19th and 20th century European Design and Architecture

Medieval European Artistic and Material Culture
Anthropology of Image Making
Geography of Art

American Material Culture Studies
Craft and Design History
History and Theory of Collecting

"Circus and the City: New York, 1793-2010" (through Winter 2013)