POSTgraduate
ma history of art
teaching
The taught courses have two elements that are in some cases integrated into a single sequence:
- One focusing on art historical methods and techniques, and their application to the area of specialisation; and
- A special option, in which one area is studied in considerable depth
The special option constitutes the major or defining component of each student’s MA course; each student follows only one. We hope that all students can follow their preferred option, but this is not always possible, as some options are filled more quickly than others. All options are subject to demand and The Courtauld reserves the right to make changes if and when they are necessary.
Applicants are asked to make three choices for their MA option, and state the order of preference. Choices will be considered in order of preference, according to the timescale on the first page of the application form.
admissions 2012
We are continuing to accept applications to a select few MA special options (click for details) on a rolling basis.
ALL Special options offered in 2012/13
The Classical, Byzantine and Medieval Periods
- Artists and Friars: The Renewal of Painting in Assisi and Siena in the 13th and 14th Centuries
Taught by Dr Joanna Cannon
- Byzantium and its Rivals: Art, Display and Cultural Identity in the Christian and Islamic Mediterranean
As Dr Antony Eastmond will be away on research leave in 2012-13, this option will be taught by a qualified replacement, to be announced in due course.
- The City of Rome c. 1420-1667
Taught by Dr Georgia Clarke
- The Arts of Florence and Central Italy, 1400-1500
Taught by Dr Scott Nethersole and Dr Jim Harris
- Commemoration, Salvation and Splendour: Aspects of Artistic Production and Patronage in France and the Burgundian Netherlands c. 1380-1520
Taught by Prof Susie Nash
The Early Modern Period
- Drawing, Representation and the Circulation of Knowledge in the Global Eighteenth Century
Taught by Prof David Solkin and Dr Katie Scott
- Print Culture and the Early Modern Arts in Italy, France and Spain
Taught by Dr Sheila McTighe
- Visualising Knowledge in the Early Modern Netherlands
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation MA 2012-13
Taught by Prof Joanna Woodall and Dr Eric Jorink
- Modernity and Antiquity in British Architecture, 1615-1815
Taught by Dr Christine Stevenson
The Modern and Contemporary Period
- The Aesthetic Body: Science, Aestheticism and the Image of the Body in British Art
Taught by Prof Caroline Arscott and Dr Carol Jacobi
- Aestheticising Politics?: The Political in Globalised Contemporary Art
Taught by Prof Julian Stallabrass
- Art, Artists and 20th Century Modernism in Europe: Works, Contexts, Meanings
Taught by Prof Christopher Green
- Contacts and Contexts in Russian Art c. 1905-1945
Taught by Prof John Milner
- Countercultures: Alternative Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America 1953-1991
Taught by Dr Klara Kemp-Welch
- Dress, Body, Space and Modernity: Fashion in the City, 1919-1939
(MA in the History of Dress)
Taught by Dr Rebecca Arnold
- Modernism After Postmodernism: Modern Art and its Interpretation
Taught by* Dr Gavin Parkinson
*Dr Parkinson will be away on research leave for the majority of the Autumn term. The first part of the course will be taught by a qualified replacement and Dr Parkinson will resume teaching in early December.
- Sex and Violence in American Art, 1960-now
Taught by Prof Mignon Nixon
ASIAN Art
- (Re)Made in China: Appropriation, Subversion and Transformation in Chinese Art (1978-2008)
Taught by Dr Wenny Teo
Detailed information about the aims and objectives of the course can be found in the programme specification below:
MA History of Art Programme Specification (currently being updated)