MA History of Art will introduce you to art from different periods and world cultures. You will learn:how, and for whom, works of art were madeto situate artworks within visual and material culture more broadlyThe University is in the heart of Edinburgh and is an extraordinary place to study art in all its forms.Our Talbot Rice Gallery and the presence of the Edinburgh College of Art within the University ensures that you will have access to unrivalled resources.Our expertise in the history of art is complemented by the wide range of courses taught in history. These cover:historical periods from the early Middle Ages to the most recent pastgeographical regions including Britain and Europe, Asia, Africa, and the AmericasOur history courses also cover a wide variety of approaches to the past, including:political historycultural historysocial historyeconomic historyintellectual historygender historyglobal and transnational history