German Language Requirements

[serendipity17]

Has anyone here successfully petitioned another foreign language in place of the German language requirement in many programs when German is less relevant to their concentration? Currently looking to do a Renaissance/Baroque specialty, and know French, Italian, and Spanish in varying degrees of fluency, but no German... so are those programs automatically out for me?

Edited December 19, 2015 by chiaro.scuro

[Joan Callamezzo]

German is relevant to essentially every field of Art History because the discipline started in Germany. It's certainly relevant to renaissance and baroque, and you will have a hard time doing historiographical work and taking your exams without it. I wouldn't worry about not having when you apply though, you can work on it during your first couple years.