Art history is a discipline that studies human creations that, from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary expressions using new media, have been classified as art, and which are a significant part of cultural identity both locally and globally. It also investigates the relationships that men and women have established with art, either as its creators or as its observers and consumers. In this way, art history manages to have a significant social and cultural impact on knowledge, policies and cultural practices. Likewise, art historians are faced with the study of the complex relationships between their object of study and society, for which they can develop interdisciplinary work with related areas such as philosophy, literature, anthropology and history, among other humanistic disciplines. Thus, art historians have a wide range of work and research possibilities in art history and criticism, curatorship and galleries, as well as in museums and other cultural institutions.
Applicant Profile
The profile of the applicant who enters the undergraduate program in Art History is that of a student who is interested in the humanities, who is attracted to the processes of artistic creation, even if he or she is not necessarily an artist or a creator. The student who aspires to the career of Art History is a curious person, who is interested in the historical development of humanity seen through artistic production. He or she is a person sensitive to his or her environment and to the visual world, who enjoys reading and writing as ways of acquiring and affirming his or her knowledge and critical competence.
Objectives
• Observe, describe and analyze objects, processes, images and works of art based on their materiality, technique, iconography, formal configuration and context of production and reception.
• Read and critically interpret primary and secondary sources.
• Produce different types of texts (argumentative, descriptive and reflective) and transmit them orally and/or in writing.
• Know, explain and interpret techniques, ways of periodizing, theories, methods, terminology and historiography.
• To approach art history from an inter and multidisciplinary framework, between the global, the regional and the local, from prehistory to the present day.
Study Plan
The undergraduate program in Art History at the Universidad de los Andes is designed to be completed in 8 semesters (128 credits) and stands out for the variety of courses it offers in different areas that are considered fundamental for the basic and comprehensive training of an art historian. It covers a broad spectrum of content that is necessary to establish comparisons and make local studies. Its strength and particularity consists in offering courses in Latin American and Colombian art, which cover different periods and include everything from pre-Hispanic cultures to contemporary art.
The structure of the program allows the student significant flexibility in choosing specific courses. Of the 28 courses in Art History, only 2 are specific and compulsory courses that are considered fundamental and introductory to the discipline.
Fundamentals
This cycle is made up of two compulsory courses: Introduction to the Study of Art and Thinking about Art History, and the History of Architecture and Media area. The two courses are worth 3 credits each. In the 2-credit area, the student may choose a course from the program offering (for example: History of Photography) or a course offered by the Department of Architecture (for example: Great Works of Renaissance Architecture, History of a House, Archetypes, etc.).
Intermediate
Area of Time and Space:
This area contemplates a series of temporalities and spaces (not specific courses) that allow the student to see a basic number of courses in each area, which ensures knowledge of geographies and temporalities: Pre-Hispanic, Ancient and Medieval Art, Early Modernity, Late Modernity, Modern and Contemporary Art. These do not contemplate a chronological order in the way of studying. Of the 26 credits that the student must take in Times and Spaces, 10 must be in Latin America, 10 in Global and the remaining 6 credits can be elective in one of those two geographic divisions.
Area Thematic courses:
This area (8 credits) includes courses that are transversal both in time and space. Their main focus is a theme or problem in art history (for example: representation, women, travel, religion, politics, landscape, still life, abstraction, originality, imitation). These courses may be CBU-type depending on the offer of the Department of Art History. Some examples would be: Art and Travel, Art and Religion, Women in Art, Abstraction, Art and Landscape, Art and Politics, Art and Law.
Materials Area:
This area (2 credits) recognises that it is essential for an art historian to understand the materials from which works of art are made. Students will be able to approach the study of the materiality of objects and images from different periods and places of origin. They will also be able to learn stories and ask questions through the study of supports, pigments, organic and inorganic substances, as well as the methods of analysis that will be some of the starting points of their reflections. In addition to this area, which includes a minimum number of credits, students will be able to delve deeper into this topic, for example, in courses in the heritage area of the Department of Art.
Areas Theory and historiography and Methods:
These areas strengthen the study of two approaches to the discipline: thinking and doing art history. Students must take 8 credits divided between Methods and Theory and Historiography. The 3 credits for research are part of the area and can be taken in different modalities: individual work with a professor, student groups or projects with the Vice-Rectorate of Research. To do this, they must have the endorsement of a professor of the program who supervises their work.
Deepening
This cycle includes 6 credits in Seminars and the Degree Option: Monograph or Practice of 4 credits.
Program-Model
Students must confirm that they have completed the required credits for each program and the General Student Regulations. One academic credit is equivalent to 48 hours of academic work in the semester. Full enrollment for each semester allows enrollment for up to a maximum of 16 credits.
It is recommended that during each semester of your studies, as a student, you consult with your academic coordinator and advisory professors to review your academic records (folders) and plan your academic path at Uniandes in an organized manner.
This model indicates the courses that are recommended to be taken each semester corresponding to the program.
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Alumni Profile
Graduates of the Art History program at the Universidad de los Andes are professionals with academic rigor, autonomy, ethical responsibility, enthusiasm and curiosity. They are able to analytically observe and describe artistic and cultural phenomena between the global, regional and local, from prehistory to the present day. Our graduates currently work in the academic and educational fields, curating in museums and proposing projects in cultural management. They also work in the commercial world of art (galleries and fairs), as entrepreneurs (web platforms for the art market and for communications), in magazines and publications, in government in areas of culture (ministries and embassies), among others.
Contact Information
William Hernando Paiba Paez
Academic coordinator
infohart@uniandes.edu.co
coord_harte@uniandes.edu.co
Website: https://historiadelarte.uniandes.edu.co/
Tel. (571) 339 49 49 ext. 2139
Location: T-204