This course develops students understanding of the relationship between society and art; art historical terms, concepts and issues; the influence of cultural, social and political factors as well as developments in materials, techniques and processes of both art and architecture over time.
Visual analysis
The ability to analyse the formal characteristics of any work of art and architecture is a key advantage for any individual in a world dominated by visual images and messages. You will develop visual literacy across painting, sculpture and architecture from within the European tradition of art, from Classical Greece (500 BCE) to the present.
Themes
Themes are intended to be broad-based explorations of the developments in art and connections between movements and periods across time and place. You will explore artists and works from both pre- and post-1850 and from both within and beyond the European tradition. You will study work across at least three types of art: 2D, 3D and architecture.
Periods
The study of a Period is intended to allow students the opportunity to research and explore in detail the key movements, concepts, artists, architects, contextual factors and related developments of art and architecture in a specific place/s and across a clearly defined time frame.
3 hours per week of delivery, once a week.
2x externally assessed examinations:
Paper 1:
Visual analysis and themes 50% of qualification
Paper 2:
Periods 50% of qualification
Exam Fee: £90.00
Course Fee: £583.00
Part-time enrolment fee: £35.00
Successful completion of AS programme including satisfactory attendance and tutor recommendation.
Further of study of History of Art in higher education or other humanity subjects.
All elements of this course equip students with skills for higher education and beyond: art history’s inter-disciplinary benefits are key to this, as are the requirements for all students to learn to analyse, research and to create substantiated reasoned argument in written form.