#i have an art history degree

[dogsplayingpoker]

i completed the coursework for an art history degree and all i got was this lousy obsession with the aestheticization of pulmonary tuberculosis

#i'm whittling down my research paper to fit the length requirement for a symposium and i'm about to go crazy all over again #i have an art history degree

[stinkbrat]

The most horrifying aspect of parents saying "my kid could do that" about art is that they never ever ever mean "wow my kid is good enough to be in a museum" and they always always always mean "I want to disrespect you so much I'll do it by implying that this thing is just as worthless as the things my child makes with their hands" and right in front of them too. Your kids can hear you u know, and the things they make with their hands are the least worthless and most precious aspects of human life I'll kill u

#i may have a degree in art history but i also am the pottery painter man #kids make things that are so so so so cool #have u ever considered the experience of accomplishing a task

[flintandpyrite]

That post going around about how art museums suck and curators are allergic to work is very much "man who has never been to any other art museum: This museum is so much like the met"-coded and weirdly anti-intellectua/STEMcel feeling. There are so many curators out there doing the work to connect people to art!!! I haven't been to an exhibit like the one they describe (unconnected unexplained painting collections with tiny wall text) in years (except for the Met, see above, they really are like that-- and often only parts of them; I find that the Cloisters really goes the extra mile to contextualize their collection, maybe only because it's such a wacky collection that if you put it all in one room with no context no one, not even medievalists, would enjoy it even a little bit. But I digress).

Every major exhibit I have been to in the past decade (and I go to A Lot of art museums) and many many minor ones have made a tremendous effort to interpret and explain the context of the art, even if major pieces are not in the collection. Yes it is bullshit that rich people get massive tax breaks (no, not just clout, it's a money laundering scheme) for "donating" their art. But let's not confuse the shitty tax law in this country for a conspiracy by art curator "elites" trying to fuck over the layperson. Thank u.

#I read the post bc I was like I LOVE MUSEUMS TOO and became progressively more annoyed as I went #ugh #and before you come for me I was a math major and I have two masters degrees in various STEM fields #I'm very much not an overly sensitive art history major taking this personally

[glowingbadger]

This is so so stupid and I"ll probably delete later but there's something that's been driving me NUTS for YEARS and I need SOMWHERE to scream about it and I'm buzzed and tired so it might as well be here

Writers, video essayists, and would-be academics of all kinds, this is your formal PSA: a Memento Mori is NOT a memento of one person who has died. It IS an artistic reminder of our own mortality- a reminder to the viewer of the very fact that they are mortal and will die some day, ashes-to-ashes style. Your locket of your dead lover's hair is not a memento mori unless it also has, like, a skull engraved on it with a fuckin' bible verse or some shit meant to make you feel something about your OWN inevitable death.

A memento mori isn't about the deceased- it's about you, the eventually-to-be-deceased.

#might be more than buzzed tbh #but fuck you i have an art/art history degree #a degree in looking at things #and knowing the stupid fancy words for them #words MEAN things #know the meanings of the words you say!!!! #delete later #random #memento mori

[yrpreciousmoon]

Thinkin’ about how Ghiaccio was styled after ancient Roman sculptures of emperors/heroes, and maybe even Antinous who btw is known to history only because he was a king’s gay lover.

Anyway the point is like, step on me daddy.

#ghiaccio #ghiaccio jjba #jjba #part 5 jjba #art history… sort of #i swear i have a degree in this shit #but also i’m drunk

[lynnmint8]

you can't bring up toulouse-lautrec in the context of taemin and expect me to be NORMAL about it

#my printmaking and art history degrees started screaming and i knew i needed to make a fake litho poster of him #me a lautrec have so much in common - loving a star dancer and creating artwork of them nonstop #art blog #shinee #taemin #digital art #digital illustration #lee taemin #shinee fanart #digital painting #drawing #illustration #procreate

[morrigan-le-faye]

You mentioned taking sociology. I'm planning on taking sociology, what are the classes like?

Not sure how much I can help, cause I took an intro to sociology course my freshman year, so I’m trying to remember one class from about 4 years ago. But here’s what I remember.

-Lots of definitions, memorization is your friend

-Everything is in some sort of framework. You’re analyzing the same thing through different lenses. Different people think differently for different reasons.

-a lot of sociology is dissecting opinions. My teacher really rewarded discussion participation. A lot of times we ended up discussing our own opinions on issues and dissecting how we felt about it.

it was one of the easiest classes I’ve ever taken, cause it was 90% just talking about things and applying terms to them. If anyone else wants to jump in and talk about sociology, you’re probably better informed than I am.

#Sociology #i tell one story about my sociology professor and suddenly I’m an expert #If anyone has any questions about library science or art history I do have/am getting degrees in those so I can probably answer better ther #I hope this helps dude

[sage-green-kitchen]

Me and my liberal arts degree (a toxic relationship)

#i have a history degree #not a history job lol #literature #books #chaotic academia #dark academia #books and reading #liberal arts #college #university

[subsequentibis]

ive been saying the 'im a humanities major i cant do math' joke for a long time but i was just reminded today of how much i liked math when i was in high school. math was a bunch of fun puzzles that you got to solve and as long as you understood the process it was so satisfying and rewarding to complete

#ignore me #when i was visiting colleges i sat in on a calculus class bc i was taking high school calc #and the profesdor put a problem from the homework on the board and asked someone to solve it and nobody answered #so i put my hand up. and he was like OH LOOK THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAN DO IT and i think everyone wanted me dead #i solved the problem correctly too. even tho i said x for the variable instead of t. idk why variables are always x in my head #i have since forgotten how to do that kind of math but i liked it a LOT when i was younger... i should take math classes again #i really really want to go back to school and just take some classes for fun. math and art history in particular i liked those when i was #getting my undergrad degree but i just took intro courses to get grad requirements out of the way. wish i'd done more #math art history AND philosophy. i wanna take more philosophy classes

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

trying to change my major on the second day of classes just to keep things interesting

#i have come to a decision that i might regret but whatever #i just realized that the field i'd be working in would put me somewhere i'm not sure i want to be (it's comp sci btw) #and my eyesight suckssssss. i don't think having a job that requires a lot of looking at screens will do me any favors #so we're changing it! #and i might be double majoring too because i'm bad at making decisions and i have very varied interests #(maybe i want to be allowed in the art studios. is that too much to ask for?) #thinking i'll go with psychology and studio art #that or psych and geology (<-likes rocks) #currently trying to figure out how to do it w/o losing my financial aid #because if i lose it i'm just dropping out tbh #if this wasn't mostly covered i wouldn't be touching college #even if i love the campus and the buildings and a couple professors #actually my fav professor is a history professor maybe i should minor in history so i can see him again? i do love history a lot #but majoring in history would be silly because wtf would i do with a history degree? #anyways i'm also working on a stupid drawing thing today while i ignore my classwork because i'm dropping all of my classes #i was very inspired by that washing machine post #so get excited for that #or not. live your life #and unrelated to anything at all but i'm sitting outside and it is. so nice today #like beautiful weather even if it's been sweltering all last week #maybe it's because it's early as fuck #also unrelated to anything #but i love tumblrs tagging system #i want to tag all day every day #i will write a whole essay in the tags #no-one can stop me because i am undefeatable

[biblically-accurate-soup]

“if you are trying to be a phd candidate in a social science field why the fuck are you studying math for fun” because i’m quirky and hot. next question.

#uriel posting #currently doing a crash course review of calc 1 and 2….. inverse trig function integrals are like a divorced lover who i still yearn for #to me. #mathblr #i guess #i think i’m mainly just pissed that i went from having the most legendary math instructors ever #to getting the 1-2 bad instructor combo and being turned off from the field for a bit #‘oh i used to be good and math and love it’ (<- he still does) #recently realized i can just. do it on my own #i was homeschooled i pretty much taught myself math from a textbook grades 6-10 #(parents consist of a former math major and mechanical engineer. i wasn’t starved for resources they were there if i needed help) #(also did dual credit grades 11 and 12. goated math instructors of all time i miss them every day) #i have so much power now. i can learn anything i want to forever #<- guy about to become the most insufferable man in the universe #you mean i can just get the textbook from the library. about anything ? #not just math. i have realized i can do this for whatever. guy who is gonna learn about art history and is so excited #if i could i’d just stay in school forever and get 83 degrees #alas #this also loops around to my philosophy that anyone anywhere should be able to learn whatever they want #i will keep you updated on how this process goes 🫡 i am keeping notes incase anyone after me is interested #god. i’m gonna be That Guy (derogatory) #‘i always wished i had majored in classics. i always enjoyed it’ can i interested you in a google document with links and a drive folder

[dogsplayingpoker]

i hate art history so much when will it become as ubiquitous as pointing out the issue with sayng "atm machine" to refer to the ornamentation of a mosque as "arabesque"

#i have an art history degree

[croix-meridies]

Every time you are in the modern and contemporary art section of a museum and think angrily “why does this deserve to be in a museum???” I encourage you to actually go and answer that question.

Look at the name of the piece and when it was made, do those give you any clues? What about what it was made from? Google the artist, what in their life would have caused them to make it, what did they say about it? It’s worth it.

#I have a degree in art history and museums and like yeah there are lots of valid criticisms for museums as a whole and contemporary art #but it looking easy to make or ugly or you not understanding it at first glance are literally pre school criticisms #and wanting to go back to Renaissance art and it’s never really Renaissance art is literally so right wing #media literacy applies to fine art not just your children’s cartoons and published fanfic xoxo #and yes I get conceptual art is really hard to stomach if you don’t understand what it stands for but what it stands for is so easy to get #plus if you are looking at a renaissance painting I assure you that you have no clue what’s going on in that really either #it’s just like books you are looking for symbolism and themes #but you are gonna be unaware of commonly understood symbolism from any point till probably the 1980s

[tag-if]

Not sure if it's just me because my eyesight it's not the best but the color of the background and the font made it a bit hard to read other than that i love the start and can't wait for more

ah hell, still?

okay, it's late here at the moment, so i'll have a look in the morning— then reblog this when i've done it so you can, collectively, check it over and get back to me

i might just overhaul all the colours and redo them completely, to be honest— would you be able to tell me whether it's dark or light mode that's causing issues? or is it the tumblr?

i'm glad you're enjoying it overall though!!

#tag-if #the advisor's game #twine wip #bug report #i'm doing a fucking art (history) degree #how am i messing up the colours #sobbing violently #i have had A Day #and it is past midnight #this is an issue for future me

[ruffgem]

a lot of my teachers this year have randomly complimented me on my writing even when the class largely has nothing to do with it and tbh??!??! it's really nice and it makes me want to write more?!?!?!!?!?!

#i thought i was bad at it but i think it's just bc i had to write so many academic essays that i stopped having time for creative writing #but i was shocked today because i had a one-on-one with my painting teacher which was basically my final #it wasn't even a crit just a talk basically about my painting #and i had to submit a write-up in advance about what i learned through the process of that class basically #so anyway when i got to the one-on-one the first thing he did was thank me for the write-up and he was like 'clearly you love writing' #'you're a good writer' #and i was like what!?!?!??!?!? #BECAUSE #im not trying to brag SERIOUSLY but i wrote it really fast and i didn't think it was that crazy #but it meant a lot coming from him because he's probably the most articulate and insightful teacher i've ever had #and also he like has a degree in english LOL #and he said i was a storyteller... so anyway..... i almost cried in the club immediately #well anyway. top ten moments #also my art history professor who i deeply respect wrote a very thoughtful comment on my work today to tell me that she thinks #that i 'have a true talent for written visual analysis' and to 'take her word on it' #BOTH OF THESE MOMENTS?? IN THE SAME DAY?!??!!?! #sorry for 18 paragraphs of bragging but i was truthfully floored #i am always floored when people compliment my writing because lowkey i am hugely insecure about it and feel like i can't articulate shit #like so insecure i cant even write lyrics for songs im like 'i have nothing to write about' man stfu just make shit up its called FICTION #anyway.... #top ten days of my life

[newathens]

juan pablo salinas

#i can barely find anything abt this artist but im deeply obsessed with his work #also i found that second img from an auction site shhhh #he also seems to have multiples of the same painting but these intricate detailed ones are legitimate #but i wonder at what point he decided to make them so ornate #or if he painted them twice #dress in the first one may be one of the prettiest painted dresses i’ve ever come across #again there is like NOTHING abt this man out there #i assume u would need an art history degree just to come across more than a small biography