B.A. Art History and Italian (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Canterbury

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canterbury

Art History and Italian (Hons) programme from the University of Kent offers a critically engaging and expansive approach to the discipline of art history combined with Italian. It has been designed to equip you with the key visual, critical and professional skills necessary for a career in the art world and for a range of other employment opportunities.

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Location

Start date

Canterbury (Kent)
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CT2 7PE

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About this course

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Subjects

  • Art
  • Art History
  • Writing
  • Skills and Training
  • University

Course programme

Course Content

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

  • History of Italian Cinema:The Legacy of Neo-Realism
  • An Introduction to Italian
  • Introduction to the History of Art
  • Introduction to Contemporary Art
  • Introduction to Contemporary Art
  • Perspectives on the History of Photography
  • Perspectives on the History of Photography
  • Learning Italian - Beginners
  • Learning Italian 3 (Post A Level)
Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

  • Visual Arts Writing
  • Beauty in Theory, Culture and Contemporary Art
  • Transatlantic Dialogues: British and Modern Art c.1900-1970
  • From Warhol to Whiteread: Postmodernity & Visual Art Practice
  • Classicism and Baroque
  • Photographic History & Aesthetics 1: Realism in Theory and Practice
  • Art & Film
  • Abstraction & Construction in the 20th Century
  • Reading the Image
  • Costume and Fashion
  • Learning Italian 4 *Advanced)
  • Learning Italian 2 (Intermediate)
  • Italian Extended Essay
  • Italian Short Story
  • Catching the Tide: Cultural Renewal in 20th Century Italy
Year abroad

You have the opportunity to spend a year studying or working in Italy, where you can improve your language skills and experience Italian art forms and culture first-hand. With the option of a dissertation in the final year, you may choose to focus on both Art History and Italian by writing about art forms observed during the year abroad.

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

  • Learning Italian 5
  • Costume and Fashion
  • Reading the Image
  • Independent Project
  • Arts Internship
  • Transatlantic Dialogues: British and American Art c. 1900-1970
  • Classicism and Baroque
  • From Warhol to Whiteread: Postmodernity & Visual Art Practice
  • Art and Film
  • Abstraction And Construction in 20th Century Art
  • Beauty in Theory Culture & Contemporary Art
  • Visual Arts Writing
  • Photographic History & Aesthetics 1: Realism in Theory and Practice
  • Italian Dissertation
  • Languages in the Classroom
  • Italian Cinema and Literature
  • Istantanea: Photography and Visual Culture in Modern and Contemporary I
  • Learning Italian Through Literature

B.A. Art History and Italian (Hons)

Price on request