- UCAS course code
- VV20
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Art History and History
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: VV20 / Institution code: M20
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL including specific subjects
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
- Find out more from student finance
- Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
- Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
- Many students work part-time or complete a student internship
Course unit details:
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture 1450-1750
| Unit code | HART22121 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This course covers European architecture and urbanism from the 15th to the mid-18th century. The first part of the course will explore the appearance and development of Renaissance architecture in Italy beginning with Brunelleschi and continuing through the later cinquecento. The second part will cover the emergence of the Baroque and its variants in France and England.
Aims
The course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of European classical architecture, from its reappearance during the Renaissance through its transformations in the 17th and early 18th century. Individual works will be presented and discussed as attempts to integrate considerations of purpose, patronage, site requirements, planning, construction, and style. Particular attention will be paid to the varying political circumstances and regional building traditions that shaped the new architecture
Knowledge and understanding
· be able to define the particular approaches to architecture associated with different phases of the early modern period and in different regional and national contexts.
· be able to discuss different historical interpretations of how, why, and where Renaissance and Baroque architecture developed as it did.
· be able to discuss the salient design features of individual projects in relation to specific constraints and requirements faced by the architect
Intellectual skills
· complete a research-intensive essay
· marshal appropriate evidence, frame arguments, write persuasively
· deliver a cogent, clear, and convincing presentation defending a specific point-of-view
Practical skills
· apply personal initiative to individual and collaborative tasks
· work in teams
· communicate effectively in an academic setting
Transferable skills and personal qualities
· attend closely to visual and written evidence
· communicate ideas in a logical and engaging manner
· present research and analysis using oral, written and visual media
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written exam | 50% |
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 50% |
| Assessment task | Formative or Summative | Weighting within unit (if summative) |
| Midterm essays | Summative | 50% |
| Final Exam | Summative | 50% |
Feedback methods
Written feedback on essays 1 and 2
Additional one-to-one feedback (during
consultation hour or by making an
appointment)
Recommended reading
· John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture
• Christof Luitpold Frommel, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Ludwig H. Heydenreich, Architecture in Italy: 1400-1500 • Wolfgang Lotz, Architecture in Italy: 1500-1600
• Frédérique Lemerle and Yves Pauwels, Baroque Architecture 1600-1750
• Rudolf Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750
• Robert Berger, A Royal Passion: Louis XIV as Patron of Architecture
• John Summerson, Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 • Anthony Blunt, Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 |
| Seminars | 11 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 167 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Anthony Gerbino | Unit coordinator |