Technical Art History at the Kelvin Centre
Technical art history is an innovative research strand within history of art, combining expertise from art historians, conservators and scientists, but also reaching out to other disciplines including philosophy, economic and social history. The focus is on the act of making and everything that encompasses: materials, techniques, intentions, context and concept.
Our postgraduate programme draws upon the expertise of our interdisciplinary team to combine taught and research components with practical insights into the field and work placements.
Work Placements
Students on our programme undertake a work placement in the UK or overseas. In addition to interacting with professional practitioners and gaining experience with objects belonging to museums, these placements offer exposure to the wide range of roles within a museum service.
Current Work Placements
- Cataloguing the Studio Materials of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, 2024
- Landscape Painting by John Knox in the Trossachs - The Hunterian, 2024
- Identifying Materials Used by Alasdair Gray - The Alasdair Gray Archive, 2024
- Identifying Pigments in 18th- and 19th-Century Indian Botanical Drawings - Kelvin Centre, 2024
- Macro X-ray Fluorescence Scanning of a German Landscape - National Museums Scotland, 2024
- John Singleton Copley Process for History Painting - The Hunterian, 2024