As an art student, the ability to study renowned works of art in person acts as a valuable complement to your learning experience in the classroom. You might be fortunate enough to have a good collection of Arts universities near your home university, but there are many students who travel to see masterpieces in person or to see more specific and concentrated works that relate directly to a given medium or art specialty. Studying abroad offers the rare opportunity to learn outside the classroom and to study in an international environment both methodology and history. For art students looking to add on to their skills, seeing contemporary and classical works close will help them learn better. Students of art history usually act as historians and as cultural critics, exploring the fundamental relationship between different cultures and the impact on local art.