History of Art
Postgraduate
In Leeds
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Postgraduate
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Location
Leeds
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This course allows you to explore the ways in which art has been produced and received by different communities across time and in different places.
You’ll learn about the history of art and to think critically about its development and effects, examining the social history of art in a challenging and thought-provoking way. You’ll also consider some of the theories and approaches, from aesthetics to anthropology, that can help us to interpret works of art. We do not take for granted that ‘art’ has been understood in the same way around the world through time.
You’ll choose from a wide range of optional modules to focus on topics that suit your own interests. These include studies of ancient Greek art, African sculpture, Japanese photography and Hollywood film, as well as contemporary art practice. You’ll benefit from the interdisciplinary research of our School, with modules available in art gallery and heritage studies and the chance to study alongside cultural theorists and practising artists.
Specialist resources
The University has a variety of resources to support your learning and research. We have a wide range of museum collections and galleries on campus such as The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery and the Brotherton Library Treasures Gallery. ULITA – An Archive of International Textiles – is housed on campus to collect, preserve and document textiles and related areas from around the world. Project Space, a new multi-purpose space designed for the development of curatorial practice and visiting exhibitions, sits at the core of the School’s building.
The University also houses a wealth of modern and contemporary art that make up the Art on Campus displays of sculpture, in addition to the Yorkshire Fashion Archive and the Marks & Spencer Company Archive and exhibition displays. These resources all offer exciting opportunities for our students to engage with art and culture.
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Entry requirements
A-level: AAB - ABB not including General Studies or Critical Thinking.
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is undertaking an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), the School may make an alternative offer that is one A level grade below that of our standard offer – on the condition that the applicant achieves a grade A in their EPQ (e.g. AAB at A level / alternative offer ABB plus grade A in EPQ).
NB: An EPQ is optional and not a requirement of application.
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- Sculpture
- Art
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- Textiles
Course programme
Year 1 will equip you with the fundamental skills and knowledge for art historical analysis. Compulsory and optional modules will introduce key themes and interpretive methods, consider the intentions and identities of artists, and examine the production and analysis of art in different historical, geographical and cultural contexts.
You’ll examine different cultures and materials and consider the intentions and identities of artists. A choice of optional modules will allow you to study topics like cultural or media history, or country house or museum studies.
You’ll build on this knowledge in Year 2 and further pursue your individual interests. Compulsory modules will deepen your understanding of the complex relationship between art and society, and encourage you to think critically and analytically about works of art.
You'll choose from a wider range of optional modules, which cover art historical topics from African art to the New York School as well as museum studies, critical theory and the contemporary art market.
By your final year, you’ll be able to apply your research and critical skills to an independently researched dissertation on a topic of your choice. To complement and support your research, you’ll select additional modules from the options on offer. If you choose, you can take one fewer optional module and go into greater depth on an extended dissertation.
Course structureThese are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Elements of Visual Culture I 20 credits
- Elements of Visual Culture II 20 credits
- A Story of Art? 1 20 credits
- A Story of Art? 2 20 credits
- Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1 20 credits
- Introduction to Cultural Analysis II 20 credits
- Cultural History 20 credits
- The English Country House: Making and Meaning 20 credits
- Introduction to Museum and Art Gallery Studies 20 credits
Compulsory modules
- Art History and Art Historiography 20 credits
- Keywords 20 credits
- The New York School 20 credits
- Cinema and Culture 20 credits
- Seeing in Asia 20 credits
- Ecologies of Medieval Art 20 credits
- The Art Market: Moments, Methodologies, Meanings 20 credits
- Borromini and the Roman Baroque: Skill, Knowledge, and Material?s Potential 20 credits
- Careers Preparation for Arts and Culture 20 credits
Compulsory modules
You will study a 40-credit dissertation module or a 60-credit dissertation module.
- Dissertation
- Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study 20 credits
- Sins, Sinisters and Sciapods: The Margins of Medieval Art 20 credits
- Anthropology, Art and Representation
History of Art