Prospective postgraduates
The Department of History of Art at Bristol is a thriving centre for the study of visual art and art criticism. Students are encouraged to explore a diversity of historical periods and critical approaches, from medieval altarpieces, through French nineteenth-century painting, to German Expressionism and Soviet public monuments. A strength of the department is its concentration on British art, where staff specialisms include Tudor portraits, Victorian aestheticism, Edwardian cosmopolitans, and contemporary diasporic art in Britain. A programme of collaborations with national and regional museums offers an exceptional opportunity to work in museum and curatorial contexts while studying for a postgraduate degree in History of Art.
Prospective students may be interested to know that, following an administrative reorganisation, History of Art is now formally part of 'Historical Studies' within the School of Humanities of the Faculty of Arts. Details of what this change entails can be found in the news item, History of Art joins History in new 'Primary Unit'.
The department, in partnership with Tate Britain, has recently been awarded a prestigious collaborative doctoral award for a research project focusing on the Classical Nude in Romantic Britain.
Taught Master of Arts (MA) degrees
- MA in History of Art, Art: Histories and Interpretations
- The Department also contributes to the interdisciplinary MA in Medieval Studies.
Research degrees
General information for all postgraduate students
Application information
For further information on life as a postgraduate in Bristol, visit the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities.