Applicant Profile
The Master's degree in Art History is aimed at professionals from all fields of knowledge who wish to acquire specialized knowledge about the history and theory of art. This master's degree is a fundamental step for someone who wants to pursue a career as a researcher, curator or teacher in the historical or theoretical field of art and heritage.
Objectives
- Promote knowledge of the historical processes of art.
- To promote the ability to establish relationships and comparisons between works at a cultural, historical, iconographic, typological and material level, among others.
- Generate critical and analytical thinking around specific problems in art history.
- Provide students with the tools necessary for the development of high-level research.
Study Plan
The Master's Degree in Art History combines in-depth study of topics and problems in the history and theory of art through courses, seminars and the development of research projects supervised by specialized tutors.
The seminars in the program cover a broad range of art history and theory, and the structure of the program allows the student significant flexibility in choosing specific seminars. Of the 9 seminars required, 5 cover different problems and temporalities in art history; 2 are elective courses in other disciplines at the master's level; and 2 deal with methodological issues, designed to guide the student in his or her master's research project.
The program will be complemented by guest lecturers, the Art History Symposium, the Art in Situ program, and the Postgraduate Colloquium, which will be offered in collaboration with the other master's programs of the Faculty's Graduate School.
Classes will be taught in blocks of 3 hours. Each subject is taught once a week.
Under ideal conditions, the student will organize his/her studies as follows:
Semester 1: 12 credits. Students take two seminars in art history and one seminar in methodology.
Semester 2: 12 credits. Students take two seminars in art history and one elective seminar in other master's programs.
Semester 3: 12 credits. Students take an elective seminar in other master's programs, a seminar in art history, and a thesis seminar.
Areas of Research or Emphasis
The Master's degree promotes the development of the necessary tools to carry out rigorous research in the field of art history. The content seminars are designed around the specialization topics of each professor, so that they are spaces in which the research capabilities of the students are strengthened and research is produced that can become articles or the master's thesis. In the two research seminars, specific tools are offered around questions of method and methodology; these seminars are also the space where the student develops his master's thesis.
Program Model
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Alumni Profile
By completing the Master's Degree in Art History, students will gain knowledge about art historical processes and the ability to recognize and differentiate works by different artists, periods and contexts. They will be able to establish relationships and comparisons between works at a cultural, historical, iconographic, typological, functional, visual and material level. They will gain knowledge about the different theories and historiography of art history: they will understand and dialogue with texts specific to art history. Likewise, they will have acquired the methodological tools to research from primary sources.
A graduate of the Master's in Art History can work in fields as diverse as research and academia; work in museums and galleries; write for cultural publications; manage and create high-impact policies on cultural heritage; develop cultural projects related to curatorship and heritage, among others.
Contact Information
Contact: Graduate School - Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Email: postgraduatesfacartes@uniandes.edu.co
Phone: 601 3394949 Exts. 4925-2636
19A Street No. 1 - 37 East, Block K, Second Floor