Painting and its cultural circumstances in Europe, 1500 to the present; writing about and critical attitudes to looking at art; the practice and uses of photography
Art history and material culture of North America and Europe, 18th century to the present; history and theory of print; intersections between the visual arts and the natural sciences.
Ancient Greek and Roman art and archaeology; classical literature, culture and thought; visual-verbal relations; classical traditions and reception; theologies of art; cultural history of ornament; history of aesthetics
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