New York University Institute of Fine Arts
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The Institute of Fine Arts is one of the 14 divisions of New York University (NYU). It offers a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy, the Advanced Certificate in Conservation of Works of Art and the Certificate in Curatorial Studies (issued jointly with the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Its faculty quality makes it the top-ranked graduate program in art history, according to the National Research Council's 1994 study.
The history of the Institute of Fine Arts dates back to the founding of New York University. In 1831, Samuel F. B. Morse became the university’s first Professor of Fine Arts.
Art history became a field of study at NYU in 1922, when Fiske Kimball was appointed Professor of the Literature of the Arts of Design.
In 1931, NYU’s graduate program moved to the Upper East Side in order to teach at the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Program was renamed NYU Institute of Fine Arts in 1937.
During both World Wars, refugee professors from the German and Austrian institutions strengthened the program, such as Erwin Panofsky, Walter Friedlaender, Karl Lehmann, Julius Held, and Richard Krautheimer.
In 1958, Mrs. James B. Duke and Doris Duke donated the James B. Duke House at 1 East 78th Street to the Institute. In 1960, the Institute offered the first graduate program in art conservation. The Conservation Center has been housed in the Stephen Chan House since 1983.
The Institute undertakes excavations at Aphrodisias, Turkey, at the Sanctuary of the Gods in Samothrace, and at Abydos, Egypt.
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