BA History of Art

The BA History of Art course at the University of Birmingham provides students with the opportunity to explore the visual arts through time and across cultures. It enables students to gain understanding of meanings, aesthetic choices and cultural values that art forms hold for different audiences.Course Content: The course content spans both Western and non-Western art. It includes periods such as the medieval, Renaissance, modern and contemporary eras. It also covers a wide range of art and design practices, such as painting and sculpture, print and photography, architecture and urbanism, furniture and product design, graphic design and illustration.Key Modules: This course is divided into three years, with modules covering various topics such as Critical Approaches to the History of Art and Visual Culture, Antiquity in the Art and Visual Culture of Modernity, Making Art and Visual Culture, Art in the Age of the Mass Media, and Independent Research Project in the History of Art. Future Careers: The skills developed throughout this course could lead to careers in the gallery and museum sector, arts education, auction houses, publishing and journalism, or further academic study.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.