{"id":433,"date":"2026-06-29T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:52:44","slug":"capstone-and-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/capstone-and-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone and honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-art-history-b-a\">Art History, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Art History menu\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Art History menu<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/capstone-and-honors\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Capstone and honors<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/study-abroad\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Study abroad<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/art-history-ba\/careers-2\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capstone-and-honors\">Capstone and honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capstone\">Capstone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every art history major completes the Visual and Performing Arts Capstone in the fall of senior year. For art history students, this group project typically involves research in primary sources, writing, and public presentation &#8212; a rehearsal for graduate study, museum work, or any career that requires sustained scholarly argument and working across teams. Students with a GPA of 3.4 or higher may pursue the honors thesis as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honors\">Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students with a GPA of 3.4 or higher may apply to the art history honors program during their junior year. Honors students work closely with a faculty advisor to develop an original thesis on a topic of their choosing \u2014 a significant piece of independent scholarship completed over two semesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent thesis topics give a sense of the range:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The Nation Which Rejects the Home&#8221;: Katherine Dreier and a New Museum for the American Home<\/em><br><em>The Birth of a Venetian Venus: From the Page to the Painting<\/em><br><em>Queer Relationality: Ray Johnson&#8217;s Silhouettes as Glyphs, Dumps, Letters and Holes<\/em><br><em>The Triumph of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Black Self in Conflict with Modernity<\/em><br><em>Primitivist Nostalgia and Postwar Solitude: The Emotionalism of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner&#8217;s 1924 Umbra Vitae Woodcuts<\/em><br><em>Connoisseurship 101: An Exercise in Attribution and Understanding in the Worcester Art Museum&#8217;s &#8220;Antonio Montalvo&#8217;s Wife and One of His Sons&#8221;<\/em><br><em>The Temple at Antiochia ad Cragum: An Examination of Roman Imperial Architectural Mouldings<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024_Emily_Abney-15-1024x683-1.avif\" alt=\"Emily Abney stands in the gallery of the Worcester Art Museum in front of a painting of Venus and Cupis\" class=\"wp-image-1052\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024_Emily_Abney-15-1024x683-1.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024_Emily_Abney-15-1024x683-1-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024_Emily_Abney-15-1024x683-1-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capstone and honors Capstone Every art history major completes the Visual and Performing Arts Capstone in the fall of senior year. 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