Arts of Europe: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance

Course Components

• Core lecture series c.3000 BC to AD 1527: underpins all components of the programme

• Study Trips: two international trips a year to major sites in Europe or the Americas supplement regular visits to UK sites throughout the year and are included in the basic fee.

• Object-based study is central to our teaching: training relevant to the public and commercial art worlds; practical and research based study of materials and techniques, scientific analysis, style, dating, quality and authenticity.

• Cataloguing to auction house and museum standards: handling sessions, warehouse and museum visits; professional cataloguing exam.

• Gallery and Curatorial Studies: engage with current debates about curating and devise fresh approaches to the display of art works. Explore practices in art criticism developing skills to review exhibitions and produce reports.

• Culture and Ideology Seminars: the importance of iconography, patronage and artistic context of early European works of art is discussed in small groups. Students acquire the skills to deliver presentations and generate seminar discussion.

• Methodology Seminars: the analysis of technical, art historical and interpretative texts which provide transferable skills for independent research and individual development.

• Thesis: your opportunity to create an exhibition on a small group of objects, independently researched and catalogued, where the key academic and professional skills learned on the programme are utilised.

Mode of Attendance : Full-time