Art History

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Looking to turn your passion for art into a professional career? The track in Art History of the Master's programme in Arts and Culture equips you with the expertise, skills, and experience to succeed

Price

from €2,771

Level

Academic master

Kind

Course

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Description

The Art History track of the Master's degree programme in Arts and Culture is an international programme that attracts students from around the world and prepares intellectually rigorous, socially engaged art historians with a strong orientation toward professional practice. The track combines a research-driven curriculum with curatorial experience developed in collaboration with museums, galleries, alternative art spaces, and heritage institutions. Courses address early modern, modern, and contemporary art while emphasising transhistorical and transcultural perspectives. Students also engage with artistic research in collaboration with the art academy and examine current conservation issues, including eco-critical approaches in art history. An international team of specialists teaches the programme in medieval, early modern, and modern and contemporary art, as well as Chinese, South American, and African heritage and museum studies, artistic research, and visual and material culture. Teaching takes place in close dialogue with museums, curators, artists, and other professionals and frequently includes on-site components. All students participate in an academic excursion to a ma