Art, Style & Design: Renaissance to Modernism – (M.Litt.)

* MLitt: 12 months full-time
* PgDip: 9 months full-time

Content

* Core lecture series c.1450 – c.1960: 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.

MLitt components

* 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: works of fine and decorative art are placed in their cultural contexts and discussed in small groups. You will 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.

PgDip components

* Art Market, Gallery and Museum studies: how works come to be in museums and galleries, how they are displayed and the ethical issues that need to be addressed.
* Research Project: you either make a proposal for an exhibition, choosing the objects to be displayed, or you write about a single work of art placing it in context through your own original research.