MA History of Art
Course Overview
This History of Art course offers a comprehensive exploration of global visual culture, from antiquity to the present day, within a flexible and supportive framework. The program is designed for both dedicated specialists and those new to the discipline, providing exceptional opportunities for in-depth study and professional development. You will benefit from our extensive network of partnerships with leading museums, galleries, and country houses.
Key Program Highlights
- Exceptional historical and geographical breadth covering art, architecture, and images from antique to contemporary
- Flexible curriculum with a wide choice of modules based on period, medium, or methodological approach
- One of the UK's largest History of Art departments with unique access to museum and gallery collections
- Opportunities for professional placements and privileged access to partner institutions
- Support for specialization through a self-directed dissertation on a topic of your choice
Course Overview
This History of Art course offers a comprehensive exploration of global visual culture, from antiquity to the present day, within a flexible and supportive framework. The program is designed for both dedicated specialists and those new to the discipline, providing exceptional opportunities for in-depth study and professional development. You will benefit from our extensive network of partnerships with leading museums, galleries, and country houses.
Key Program Highlights
- Exceptional historical and geographical breadth covering art, architecture, and images from antique to contemporary
- Flexible curriculum with a wide choice of modules based on period, medium, or methodological approach
- One of the UK's largest History of Art departments with unique access to museum and gallery collections
- Opportunities for professional placements and privileged access to partner institutions
- Support for specialization through a self-directed dissertation on a topic of your choice
Requirements
Modules
- Research Skills in History of Art
- American Carnage: Politics, Violence and Subjectivity in Art, 1990-Now
- Art and Imagery in York Minster
- South Asian Renaissance: Early Modern Indian Court Painting, 1526-1857
- JMW Turner
- Makers, Making, and Modes of Fashion Production Since 1765
- Art, Magic and the Miraculous in Renaissance Italy
- Ceramic Arts of the Islamic World: Curating Histories
- Painting on Light: Stained Glass in the Medieval Tradition
- Rethinking Aestheticism
- The Modern Woman: Fashion and Global Modernities Since 1780
- Who Owns Antiquities? The Politics of Museology and Archaeology
- Dissertation
