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Summary of Course Content
First Level (1st year) The two First-level modules are The Art of Renaissance Italy and Northern Europe (c.1280-1580), which provides a chronological survey covering painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy and Northern Europe 1280-1580; and European Art and Architecture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, which begins with a study of Baroque art and architecture in Italy and then moves to the Low Countries, Spain, France and Britain.
Second Level (usually 2nd year) Current modules are The History and Theory of European Art, Architecture and Design from the French Revolution to Vienna 1900, which focuses on the most important stylistic changes of the period and the role that individual artists played in encouraging new approaches; and Art, Culture & Politics from 1900 to Now, which concentrates on expressionism and geometrical abstraction through to post-modernism.
Honours (3rd and 4th years) At Honours level students choose modules from a wide range of options, most of which correspond to the research interests of individual members of staff. In the third year all Single Honours students take a core module in the first semester (optional for Joint Honours students). This is designed to further their under- standing of major art historical issues. In the fourth year students also prepare a dissertation. Our Honours options include:
The Architecture of the Scottish Mediaeval Church
European Gothic Architecture Sculpture and Society in Early Renaissance Italy
Northern Renaissance Art Architecture & Culture in Rome from Michelangelo to Piranesi (c.1564-1766)
Patronage and Collecting at the Courts of Charles I and Philip IV
Rubens and Rembrandt: Parallel Worlds
Palladio and Palladianism A History of the Dome: from the Pantheon to the Millennium
Art Nouveau History of Photography 1835-1905
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain 1860-1916
Aspects of Surrealism Scottish Art and the Modern Movement
Aspects of American Painting
Aspects of Modern Photography
Orientalism and Visual Culture Scottish Photography and its Context
Wyndham Lewis and English Art
Art and Politics in France 1945-1975
Contemporary Scottish Painting 1950-present
Walking Art To School? Learning: Artistic Impressions and Architectural Solutions
The Patronage of the Arts in the Este and Gonzaga Courts c1440-c1590
Gauguin and Primitivism Cubism and its Legacies Approaches to Modern Sculpture
New York Modernism Decorating and Furnishing the Country House 1700-1830 British Furniture 1660-1950
For more detail on the Honours modules currently available see the Course Catalogues:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/coursecatalogue
Teaching There are currently fifteen members of academic staff. Areas of special interest include: late mediaeval iconography; Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture, painting and sculpture; the art of Eastern Europe; the history of Scottish art, architecture and design; the history of photography. Teaching consists both of formal lectures, illustrated by projected slides or PowerPoint presentations, and of informal, small-group tutorials. Most modules are complemented by visits to galleries, monuments and other sites.
Study Abroad As a student studying in the School of Art History, you will be entitled to apply to spend one or two semesters in the Netherlands studying at the University of Leiden as part of the St Andrews-Leiden Erasmus Exchange. For more information on European or North American Exchanges, see pages 20-21.
Careers A degree in Art History from St Andrews will provide an excellent foundation for a career directly connected with the history of art – for example in museums and galleries, or arts administration, the art trade, or teaching – and in a wide range of other fields such as retail, PR and marketing, publishing and media, law, business and finance, catering and hospitality. A number of graduates also go on to take postgraduate courses in a wide range of subjects.
In recent years our graduates have secured employment in a great variety of positions with the following: the BBC, Sotheby’s, Christies, Legal and General, National Museums Scotland, the British Library, Phaidon Press, Country Life magazine, Vertigo Films, The Week magazine, Tiffany and Co, and a range of regional museums and galleries.
Please see page 42 for details of the University’s Careers Centre.
John Stevens RSA (1793-1868) with his sculpture The Last of the Romans
“Studying art and architecture from the thirteenth to the twenty-first century has enlightened me as to how intimately we can study cultures through the art they produce, and has given me a unique understanding of our visual landscape today. St Andrews offers an excellent School of Art History and a chance to specialise in your own area of interest at Honours level.”
Yvonne (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
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