BA History of Art
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (An essay-based subject is preferred.) IB: 36 points (A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Higher level in an essay-based subject is preferred.)
About this course
BA in History of Art, a history of art degree centred on the study of visual arts and material culture from premodernity to the contemporary period. Core topics include Research Methods. The course utilises London's public collections, libraries, museums, and architecture. The first year establishes foundational perspectives through History of Art and its Objects, First-Year History of Art Survey (1): Premodernity to c. 1600, and First-Year History of Art Survey (2): c. 1600 to the Contemporary. The second year builds advanced knowledge via modules such as Advanced Lecture in the History of Art (1) A and Advanced Lecture in the History of Art (2) A, alongside optional studies in topics like Technologies of Vision and Architecture and Modernity. The final year involves independent research through the BA Dissertation in History of Art. Students can also select from optional advanced courses covering areas such as medieval art, feminist theory, and architecture.
Modules
- History of Art and its Objects
- First-Year History of Art Survey (2): c. 1600 to the Contemporary
- First-Year History of Art Survey (1): Premodernity to c. 1600
- History of Art Thematic Seminar
- History of Art Thematic Seminar
- English Language Skills for Academic Purposes
- Advanced Lecture in the History of Art (1) A
- Advanced Lecture in the History of Art (2) A
- Technologies of Vision
- The History of the Category 'Art'
- Methodologies of Art History
- Methodologies of Making
- Early Modern Art and Architecture (1)
- Architecture and Modernity
- Theory and History of Conservation
- Prints and Printmaking
- Art and Society in France, 1848-1914
- Art and the Everyday: Visual Culture and Social Life, 1750-1850
- BA Dissertation in History of Art
- Advanced Undergraduate Course in History of Art (1)
- Advanced Undergraduate Course in History of Art (2)
- Advanced Undergraduate Course in History of Art (3)
- Advanced Undergraduate Course in the History of Art (4) Modern and Contemporary Art
- Advanced Undergraduate Course in the History of Art (5) Current Debates in Early Modernity
- Invention and Imagination in Medieval Art and Architecture
- Art and Visual Culture in Early Modern England
- Feminist Theory in Modern and Contemporary Art
- Architecture and the Modern City
- Postcoloniality, Colonialism and Art in the British Empire