Smarthistory – Ever wondered… why people become art historians?

Special thanks to Susana Sosa, Rachel Barron-Duncan, Derek Burdette, Kim Richter, and Rachel Miller whose voices and insights are featured here. This video was made possible thanks to the Macaulay Family Foundation [0:00] [music] Dr. Steven Zucker: [0:04] Why is it important to study art of the past? Rachel Bower: [0:07] Art history is not just in the past, it is in the present. When I teach art history, I’m teaching about the context. I’m trying to help my students find those connections between what happened then and why, what’s happening now and why. Nicole Gherry: [0:21] Everything that we have about where we came from, our culture, the ideas that we’ve had in the past, are all wrapped up in these artifacts and the arts that we look at. If we want to know more about who we are today, we should really look at past arts. Livia Alexander: [0:36] I believe that art is the underlying thread that informs everyday life in ways that we might not even be aware of. I think it is a language t

Special thanks to Susana Sosa, Rachel Barron-Duncan, Derek Burdette, Kim Richter, and Rachel Miller whose voices and insights are featured here. This video was made possible thanks to the Macaulay Family Foundation [0:00] [music] Dr. Steven Zucker: [0:04] Why is it important to study art of the past? Rachel Bower: [0:07] Art history is not just in the past, it is in the present. When I teach art history, I’m teaching about the context. I’m trying to help my students find those connections between what happened then and why, what’s happening now and why. Nicole Gherry: [0:21] Everything that we