Enhance your understanding of art and its place within society through research. You'll develop an enhanced understanding of past and contemporary visual art forms, in-depth knowledge of art history methodologies and advanced skills in art history research. Graduates critically analyze and apply different theories and methods in their investigation of artworks, images from visual culture or other related materials. Faculty provide supervision and mentorship in the following areas for graduate study: Visual and material culture of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East and the art and architecture of South Asia. Visual and material culture in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas from the 16th to the 21st Century. Historiography, methodology, and theory of art and visual and material culture since 1900<br><br>Within these areas, students work with an array of faculty whose interests and expertise intersect on such issues as colonialism, postcolonialism, geography, ritual and spatial analysis, race, gender and sexuality. The program offers exposure to distinguished scholars who are invited by faculty to provide guest lectures and/or lead discussions/workshops in their courses. These visits are conducted in a variety of modalities. UNT is in close proximity to the African American Museum of Dallas, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Meadows Museum and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.