History of Art Course

If you regularly visit art exhibitions and galleries, if you look critically at buildings, or if you make art yourself and wonder why and how other artists have made it, then Art History may well be the most stimulating subject for you at Churchill. For those interested in the modern period, Churchill has the edge on other Cambridge colleges for its modern architecture and its important collections of modern sculptures, painting, prints, and stained glass.

It is also close to Kettle's Yard, the University's modern gallery, and to the New Hall art collection of modern women's art at Murray Edwards College. The Fitzwilliam Museum includes over half a million artworks dating back to 2500BC in its collection and is a valuable resource for History of Art students in Cambridge.

Teaching draws substantially on the outstanding collections of art and architecture in museums and Colleges, and is directed particularly at developing a critical eye and a sense of visual history. The University also has several student art societies, and a life-class is held weekly in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art.

Weekly supervisions will give you the unique opportunity to put forward your point of view, and to receive feedback on your work from a specialist. Seminars are particularly important in providing encounters with works of art throughout Cambridge's museums and colleges.