Art history degree

Does anyone do this degree and what is it like
What are your favourite things and least fav things about it
Just received this course as an alternative offer :smile:

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uadyhddjh

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Does anyone do this degree and what is it like
What are your favourite things and least fav things about it
Just received this course as an alternative offer :smile:

I love it, but its honestly a passion subject and you have to love it. Its less 'history' and more philosophy about art, which I really enjoy. A lot of people go into it thinking youll learn about Art and styles, and you do BUT its more focusing on theories of art, analysing art historians work and looking at how we look at things. Please look at your course; Ive been told this happens for every Uni but dont assume off of me 🙂 I love seminars - we have group discussions in these and it just makes you think in new ways. I can't say I hate anything about it, not sure if its the Uni I'm at or the fact Ive studied it at A Level already. If you want to be sure, Id read some Art History Books - Gombrichs Story of Art and A History of Art by Thames and Hudson, and compare how you feel about it [this is a lot of what I do for one of my classes]. Also, some Unis do courses to give you an idea. See if you can find a recording on youtube of a lecture of Art History. Hope this helps : )

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I love it, but its honestly a passion subject and you have to love it. Its less 'history' and more philosophy about art, which I really enjoy. A lot of people go into it thinking youll learn about Art and styles, and you do BUT its more focusing on theories of art, analysing art historians work and looking at how we look at things. Please look at your course; Ive been told this happens for every Uni but dont assume off of me 🙂 I love seminars - we have group discussions in these and it just makes you think in new ways. I can't say I hate anything about it, not sure if its the Uni I'm at or the fact Ive studied it at A Level already. If you want to be sure, Id read some Art History Books - Gombrichs Story of Art and A History of Art by Thames and Hudson, and compare how you feel about it [this is a lot of what I do for one of my classes]. Also, some Unis do courses to give you an idea. See if you can find a recording on youtube of a lecture of Art History. Hope this helps : )

Do you mind me asking which uni you go to? Thank you for the reading recommendations I’m gonna look into them😁😁

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uadyhddjh

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Original post by Ellis’s

Do you mind me asking which uni you go to? Thank you for the reading recommendations I’m gonna look into them😁😁

Im currently at York Uni, which I chose for a lot of different reasons, mainly that I fell in love with it the second I walked into the campus.
The other unis I applied to / regarded quite highly were Birmingham [for in-Uni public Gallery and lecture space within it], Warwick [For the trips, as well as structure of the campus and how they treated students on open day + they have a public gallery too, but more modern sculpture in comparison to Birminghams older/canon artworks], Manchester [if you like cities; personally I didnt want to live in a 'city' city like Manchester/London/Leeds but otherwise seemed like an amazing Uni, had galleries everywhere]. Unis that I wasnt as 'wowed' by were Sussex [they had a HUGE modern business school, yet our sample lecture was held in the most forgotton about, weird hall. Plus they didnt seem as supportive, and were really trying to push the City of Brighton more than themselves so depsite what the Guardian says, my opinion of it wasnt the best] .
Nottingham was good, esp for everything else - but there uni art collection wasnt really accesible for students. They have the Djanogly gallery across the street; and all of Nottinghams galleries, plus the sample lecture was VERY interesting - I personally put it as my insurance because I would of been happy with it. I was wowed by York though - they had amazing sample lectures, and the department staff were unbelievably helpful to me when I was applying, offering me support and ideas of how to improve - plus the city is gorgeous. I really believe you have to be passionate in the subject + the city you study, because it makes everything worth it. I didnt apply to Courtauld, UCL, St Andrews, Oxbridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow - as they were either in a big city/ too far away from home/not my grades ,but I heard they were all amazing!

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