The study of art history has had a transformative influence on Spoorthi Kamepalli '21, Art History and Social Policy Analysis double major and Business minor, who describes how she entered the world of art history at Rice despite her science oriented background in the School of Humanities highlight videos.
Spoorthi elaborates on why the field of art history is integral in motivating students to always think critically and to dig into and explore the deeper social themes embedded into each artwork - even in those painted more than three centuries ago!
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Spoorthi Kamepalli on the influence of studying art history
Spoorthi Kamepalli on professor who challenged her to question, think critically
[Credit to Rice University School of Humanities]