General information
- Character: Official qualification
- Credits: 240 ECTS
- Duration: 4 years
- Price of the first course
- Type of teaching: In person
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Degree in
History
of Art
Art history is a scientific and humanistic discipline whose main objective is the analysis of artistic production, its creation and reception processes, and its social contribution within the history of culture. Graduates in Art History are professionals who can work as self-employed workers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, or employees for public or private institutions, working within disciplinary or multidisciplinary teams. In all these areas, they carry out work related to research and teaching; the protection, management, dissemination, and documentation of historical and artistic heritage; and cultural management.
Today, in line with a growing social demand for professionals in this field, this degree is fully established in the world's leading universities.
Given the characteristics and objectives of these studies, students who enter this degree must have a defined educational perspective in the field of knowledge of the art world in its many manifestations and facets.
Therefore, it is essential that students acquire all the knowledge necessary to establish themselves professionally in this field. In particular, their strong interest in understanding how the art market actually works and how current and future challenges in the field of the arts can be addressed is essential. It is also essential for new students to have a basic level of English.
The professional profiles of the graduate in Art History can be grouped into the following sectors:
- Protection and management of historical, artistic, and cultural heritage at the institutional and business levels: cataloging of monumental complexes, urban planning, technical consulting and historical and artistic reports, program management, human resources.
- Conservation, exhibition, and marketing of works of art: museums, art and culture centers, archives and image centers (photo libraries, film libraries, etc.), auctions and expertise, antique dealers and appraisals, artistic curatorship.
- Dissemination of artistic heritage: interpretation, cultural tourism, educational programs.
- Research and teaching: university, scientific institutes, schools of arts and crafts, tourism schools, design schools, secondary education.
- Production, documentation, and dissemination of art history content: specialized work in publishing, advertising agencies, media, and new audiovisual and electronic media technologies.
Notifications
February 21, 2025 - 2:41 PM UTC
Provisional list of candidates admitted, admitted on condition, and excluded from the pre-selection process for Erasmus+ study mobility at the Faculty of Humanities for the 2025-2026 academic year.
March 5, 2024 - 3:10 PM UTC
Final list of Erasmus students admitted for 2024-2025 at the Faculty of Humanities
General information
- Character: Official qualification
- Credits: 240 ECTS
- Duration: 4 years
- Price of the first course
- Type of teaching: In person
Art history is a scientific and humanistic discipline whose main objective is the analysis of artistic production, its creation and reception processes, and its social contribution within the history of culture. Graduates in Art History are professionals who can work as self-employed workers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, or employees for public or private institutions, working within disciplinary or multidisciplinary teams. In all these areas, they carry out work related to research and teaching; the protection, management, dissemination, and documentation of historical and artistic heritage; and cultural management.
Today, in line with a growing social demand for professionals in this field, this degree is fully established in the world's leading universities.
Given the characteristics and objectives of these studies, students who enter this degree must have a defined educational perspective in the field of knowledge of the art world in its many manifestations and facets.
Therefore, it is essential that students acquire all the knowledge necessary to establish themselves professionally in this field. In particular, their strong interest in understanding how the art market actually works and how current and future challenges in the field of the arts can be addressed is essential. It is also essential for new students to have a basic level of English.
The professional profiles of the graduate in Art History can be grouped into the following sectors:
- Protection and management of historical, artistic, and cultural heritage at the institutional and business levels: cataloging of monumental complexes, urban planning, technical consulting and historical and artistic reports, program management, human resources.
- Conservation, exhibition, and marketing of works of art: museums, art and culture centers, archives and image centers (photo libraries, film libraries, etc.), auctions and expertise, antique dealers and appraisals, artistic curatorship.
- Dissemination of artistic heritage: interpretation, cultural tourism, educational programs.
- Research and teaching: university, scientific institutes, schools of arts and crafts, tourism schools, design schools, secondary education.
- Production, documentation, and dissemination of art history content: specialized work in publishing, advertising agencies, media, and new audiovisual and electronic media technologies.
Notifications
February 21, 2025 - 2:41 PM UTC
Provisional list of candidates admitted, admitted on condition, and excluded from the pre-selection process for Erasmus+ study mobility at the Faculty of Humanities for the 2025-2026 academic year.
March 5, 2024 - 3:10 PM UTC
Final list of Erasmus students admitted for 2024-2025 at the Faculty of Humanities
May 29, 2023 - 12:25 UTC
From the art gallery to the classroom
November 17, 2022 - 11:34 UTC
Resolution of the Commission with instructions for the 2022 University Senate elections, student sector
October 6, 2022 - 07:42 UTC
Final resolution of October 5, 2022, of the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, resolving the applications submitted to the admission procedure for changing universities and/or Spanish or foreign undergraduate studies at the University of La Laguna for the 2022-23 academic year.