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BA History of Art

University of Manchester

Institution
University of Manchester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Art History and Visual Studies
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V360
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB including one essay based subject

About this course

BA in History of Art, focusing on visual culture, architecture, and historical periods from the medieval era to contemporary times. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete a final-year History of Art Dissertation.

Modules

  • Art Spaces
  • Art History Tutorial 1
  • Art History Tutorial 2
  • Ice Age to Baroque: Artworks in History
  • Rococo to Now: Artworks in History
  • Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
  • Introduction to World Cinema
  • Art in Theory
  • European Art History Fieldtrip
  • British Art and The Environment, 1800–1900
  • Art Markets
  • The Art of Late Medieval Italy: Commerce, Religion, Travel
  • Renaissance and Baroque Architecture 1450-1750
  • Surrealism, Gender, Sexuality
  • Digital Ways of Seeing: Theory and Practice
  • The Italian Renaissance
  • Core Themes in Animated Film and Visual Culture of Postwar Japan
  • History of Art Dissertation
  • Victorian Bodies: Art, Science, and Modernity 1848 - 1901
  • Art and Ecology: Bodies, Environments and Technology
  • Digital Art
  • Architecture of Devotion: Art, Architecture and Material Culture in Early Modern Italy and Beyond
  • Art After Modernism: Approaching Contemporary Art
  • Picasso
  • The Art of European Medieval Books