This Masters in Art, Style & Design: Renaissance to Modernism aims to stimulate your critical awareness, engendering a creative and informed understanding art-world practice. You will be introduced to museum and auction house systems for classifying objects and study different models of museum and gallery display.

• This programme is based at Christie's Education in London.
• You will benefit from the object-based study which is central to our teaching. You will receive training relevant to the public and commercial art worlds: practical and research based study of materials and techniques, scientific analysis, style, dating, quality and authenticity.
• You will study cataloguing to auction house and museum standards, including handling sessions, warehouse and museum visits; and take a professional cataloguing exam.
• You will benefit from our programme of study trips: regular visits to UK sites and two international trips to major sites in Europe or the Americas are included in the basic fee.

Programme overview

• MLitt: 12 months full-time
• PgDip: 9 months full-time

Core courses

• Core lecture series c1450–c1960, which underpins all components of the programme
• UK and international study trips, included in the basic fee
• Object-based study
• Cataloguing to auction house and museum standards.

MLitt components

• Gallery and curatorial studies
• Culture and ideology seminars
• Methodology seminars
• Thesis: your opportunity to create an exhibition on a small group of objects, independently researched and catalogued, using the key academic and professional skills you have learned on the programme.

PgDip components

• Art market, gallery and museum studies
• Research project: you will either make a proposal for an exhibition, choosing the objects to be displayed, or write about a single work of art, placing it in context through your own original research.

Career prospects

This programme will prepare you for a range of careers in the art world, and can also lead to further postgraduate study. 

An undergraduate university degree, university transcripts, two letters of recommendation and a personal statement. Non-English speaking students must have IELTS 8 or equivalent.

The online application is the quickest and easiest way of applying to the University of Glasgow. The system allows you to fill out the standard application form online and submit this to the University immediately. You can also attach supporting documents including references, certificates and a transcript of previous studies. You will find instructions throughout the online form to help you complete your application. You may save and return to your application as many times as you wish before submitting it.

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