This MA provides a structured introduction to the postgraduate study of the history and philosophy of art.
Particular focuses include contemporary art, photography, Renaissance art, medieval art, 18th-century British painting, 19th-century French painting, modernism, aesthetics and the philosophy of art and film. You may elect to take a Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics pathway, which draws on the expertise of our Aesthetics Research Group.
Aims
This programme aims to:
- provide you with a focused programme of taught postgraduate study in history and philosophy of art
- provide you with a taught foundation for subsequent postgraduate research
- enable you to acquire or deepen your knowledge and understanding of the historical and contemporary topics within the history of art and philosophy of art
- enable you to develop your art historical and philosophical skills beyond that expected of an undergraduate
- enable you to develop, articulate and defend art historical and philosophical ideas as they relate to art
- enable you to engage with historical and contemporary theoretical thought about the arts from art historical perspectives.