Arts and Culture: Contemporary Art in a Global Perspective
The specialisation “Contemporary Art in a Global Perspective” is part of in the Master Arts and Culture
You will be involved with the question of what challenges are offered in the present day by art history. You will gain insights into this by studying the developments in art in the broad context of visual culture, from social and political developments, developments in natural sciences and globalisation. Your insights will be directed by new perspectives that will teach you to understand the multiplicity/versatility of art. In this specialisation you will become familiar with all these subjects and you will research the wealth of modern and contemporary art and the place occupied by art as a medium in the world of today. During excursions you will have the opportunity to experience the works of art personally and test your research.
Key themes in this specialisation include:
Art in a global perspective
Art in relation to science
Photography as a medium
Art theory and aesthetics
The structure of the programme is the following:
Practices and Debates (5 EC)
Two Research Seminars (20 EC) from the specialisation ‘Art of the Contemporary World and World Art Studies’
Free Component (10 EC)
Thesis Seminar (5 EC)
Thesis (20 EC)