History of Art and Design open day presentation 2012

Welcome to the University of Brighton’s

Faculty of Arts

History of Art and Design

Open Day 2012

www.brighton.ac.uk/arts

The University of Brighton

• You will graduate from a leading professional

university

• You will be part of an institution that is innovative and

relevant

• You will benefit from our career-focused approach

• You will study with facilities tailored to your needs

• You will be given excellent teaching and support

• You will live and study in an outstanding location

Did you know?

We are the twelfth most applied for UK university, with 40,000 applicants for 4,000 places.

School of Humanities

Academic Programme in History of Art &

Design

BA (Hons) History of DesignBA (Hons) History of Art and Design

BA (Hons) History of Decorative Arts and Crafts

BA (Hons) Visual Culture

BA (Hons) Fashion & Dress History

BA (Hons) Museum & Heritage Studies

single academic programme

some shared lectures and seminars between courses

subject-specific units

choice of option units

opportunities for individual in-depth research

Features of our courses

“I was fortunate to be part of a small, very special group from whom I gained much”

“I enjoyed the course immensely and would like to do it again to take up some of the options I missed”

“What University gives you is always more than the knowledge of your chosen subject. I have honed and developed my critical and analytical skills”

Student Experience

We have graduates currently working in:

Museums and galleries

Auction houses

Teaching

Picture research

Retailing and PR

Arts administration

Journalism and Publishing

Our Graduates

BA Visual Culture, 2010, Writer for the BBC and Freelance Art Writer

BA Visual Culture, 2012, Trend Forecasting/Brand Mapping Co.

BA Fashion and Dress History, 2010, Vintage Clothing Shop Proprietor

BA Fashion and Dress History, 2012, PA to major Warsaw-based fashion designer

BA History of Design, 2011, Assistant, Art Education Co.

BA History of Design, 2013, Design Archives

BA History of Dec Arts, 2011, Assistant, Auction House

BA Museum and Heritage Studies, 2011, Museum Studies MA, Leicester University

BA Museum and Heritage Studies, 2011, Events Co-ordinator, Brighton Photo Biennial  (2010)

Our Graduates

BA History of Dec Arts, 1999, Patch Rogers Interior & Decorative Arts (permanent exhibition in Liberty’s)

BA Visual Culture, 2002, Education Officer, Photoworks

BA History of Decorative Arts and Crafts, 2003, Lecturer, Royal College of Needlework

BA Visual Culture, 2004, Editor in Chief of photography magazine 1000 Words

BA History of Design, 2005, Education Department, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

BA History of Design, 2005, International Student Admissions officer, University of Sussex

BA Visual Culture, 2007, Gallery ManagerMenier Gallery, London

Our Graduates

MA History of Design and Material Culture, 2005ResearcherCrafts Council Collection, London

MA History of Design and Material Culture, 2006 LecturerEdinburgh College of Art

PhD, 1988, Senior Curator (Textiles)Victoria & Albert Museum

PhD, 2000, Senior Teaching FellowCentre for South East Asian StudiesSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London

PhD, 1995, Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curator, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

Our Graduates

Core Units

Research Skills

Option Units

Research Projects

Unit Types:

Year One: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century Art and Design History

Year Two: Twentieth and Twenty-first century Visual Culture, or Design

Lectures and seminars

Core units: Survey of Art and Design History, and Dress History

Sample Topic: Art and Identity

Portraiture, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism

How did the visual culture of the nineteenth century reflect social and political movements of the time?

Sample Topic: The Consumer Revolution

How did consumption patterns and habits change in the 18th century?

How did designers and shoppers in Paris and London respond to exotic imports from China?

Sample Topic: Museums and Collecting

Why were institutions such as the V&A and the British Museum established?

Why were people like John Soane and the Grand Tourists driven to collect?

How did Victorian audiences respond to the Great Exhibition?

Trips to: V&A, British Museum, Science Museum

Modernism and the Avant-Garde in Europe, Britain & America, 1919-1950

Constructivism, Art Deco, Surrealism, Hollywood and the Exotic, Abstract Expressionism

What were the innovations of twentieth century avant garde artists and designers?

How did their work respond to the historic traumas of industrialisation, alienation and war?

Sample Topic: The ‘contemporary’ and the ‘modern’

How were ideas of the ‘contemporary’ embraced in the 1950s and 1960s ?

How was modern design popularised for a mass market?

What were the ideals involved in planning the modern home?

Other topics include: Parisian Luxury Trade, Utility Furniture and Ceramics, the Bauhaus, Japanese Design, Craft and Environmentalism

Sample Topic: The art museum from MoMA to Tate Modern

How have museums responded to the postmodern age?

How do styles of architecture and display create certain narratives?

Have contemporary museums sacrificed education for income and entertainment?

Sample Topic: Postmodernism

How did ideas of identity, authenticity and originality shift in late twentieth century art and design?

How did the visual and material world respond to the trend to resurrect the past in the 1970s and 1980s?

How were distinctions between high and low culture blurred?

Perspectives on Photography

Is photography art?

Photography and the Body

Fashion Photography and Portraiture

Photography and Politics

The Ethics of Photojournalism

Interpreting Objects and Histories

What kinds of research tools can be used to engage with objects?

How are objects represented in museums?

How does display affect the meaning of objects?

Individual text panel

Analysis of exhibit at Brighton’s Museum

Produce additional piece of interpretation (exhibition, book, audio-visual piece)

Year One: Study Skills:Art and Design History in Brighton: Places and Processes

Year Two: Research resourcesresearch project development

Year Three: Research theory and practice (course specific)

Lectures, seminars and practical sessions

Study Skills, Research Methods and Methodology

Option Units

In depth study of special theme, usually in tutor’s area of research

Select four in three years of study

Mainly intensive seminars, visits

Design, Manufacture and Consumption of Clothes for Women

Photo-Identities India! South Asian Identity and the Visual and

Material World Art and War Displaying Dress: Museums, Markets,

Merchandising Behind the Scenes: Volunteering in

museums/galleries/archives Fashion and Film in Britain and America Museums, Material Culture, Representations Past in the Present: Vintage, Retro, Revival Heritage: the material culture of the Past The Politics of Place: People and Nature in British

Landscape Imagery

Example Option Titles

An Introduction to Music & Sound Production

Life Drawing & Fashion Illustration Colour/Black & White Darkroom

Techniques Frame Tapestry Weaving Introduction to Fashion Design Knit Design Introduction to Spanish language and

Culture

Faculty-wide Options

Year One: Group Project

Year Three: Group Project

Year Three: Dissertation (major research project) and associated display

Taught in individual and group tutorials

Research Projects

Specialist Libraries (university and local)

Dress and Textiles Teaching collection

Design Archives

Screen Archives South East

Language courses and cross-Faculty option units

Wide range of outside speakers

University Gallery & Theatre

Links with many local museums and V&A

Course Resources

Dr Annebella Pollen: Material culture, everyday life, mass-participation photography

Dr Louise Purbrick: domestic world; cultural policies at sites of conflict

Dr Lara Perry: 19th century British art, portraiture, feminism and museum collections

Dr Paul Jobling: Text & Image, Advertising, Graphic Design and Photography

Dr Jane Hattrick: Mid-twentieth century London couture, Royal patronage

Dr Claire Wintle: Non-European Material Culture, Museums, Victorian Popular Culture

Dr Charlotte Nicklas: Dress & Textile History, History of Science and Technology, 1800s

Dr Glenn Ward: European/Spanish exploitation and horror cinema 1960s/1970s

Dr Yunah Lee: European Industrial Design, Asian Design, Korean textiles and poster art

Dr Nicola Ashmore: Museums, Cultural Policy, Artists and museums

2010: 271 applicants for 72 places

Required grades: BBB (or 300 UCAS points)

We happily consider BTEC National Diploma students

Interviews

Admissions

Genuine passion for the subject

Interest in history and theory of the visual world (there is no practical element)

Extra curricular or work experience; visits to museums

Rounded application, well written

@hoadbrighton

Personal Statements

Drop-in Session 11.30 - 12.30 Pavilion Parade Building

Room 103: 11.40 Dr Paul Jobling: “Mixing Messages: Blurring Boundaries in Visual Culture”

12.00 Dr Charlotte Nicklas: Object focus on 1920s black and gold evening dress, from University of Brighton Dress and Textiles Teaching Collection

12.20 Dr Louise Purbrick, Object Focus on the Heritage of Nelson Mandela’s Cell  

Drop-in Session 11.30 - 12.30 Pavilion Parade Building

Room 203: 11.50 Rhys and Lisa, Year 3 Current Students, “The

Student Experience” 12.10 Dr Annebella Pollen, Object Focus on Photograph Albums (c.1860s-1930s) from University of Brighton Design History and Decorative Arts Handling Collection 12.30 Rhys and Lisa, Year 3 Current Students, “The

Student Experience”