Eighteenth-century art

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 (or equivalent)

Months of entry

October

Course content

This group carries out major research projects in 18th-century art, culture, architecture and design, and is engaged in ongoing projects on portraiture, gender and society. Current research projects, with books published, include: Figures of Pathos: Melancholy and Mourning in French and British Art c.1760–1815 (Emma Barker); Landscapes of London: The Metropolitan Environs 1660–1830 (Elizabeth McKellar); The First Actresses 1660–1800 (collaborative exhibition and book with the National Portrait Gallery, Professor Gill Perry); Meaning and Representation in Wallpapers and Related Schemes in Britain, c.1740–1820 (Dr Clare Taylor); and Living with Books: The Country House Library 1660–1830 (Dr Susie West).

We welcome applications in areas that correspond with current staff research interests. We look for detailed and well thought-out proposals, which set out specific research questions and outline the originality of your topic or approach. If you would like to discuss your ideas informally before submitting an application, please contact the department.

Potential supervisors

• Dr Emma Barker – French and British art of the 18th and 19th centuries
• Professor Elizabeth McKellar – 17th- and 18th-century British architecture and visual culture
• Professor Gill Perry – modern and contemporary art; 18th-century British art, especially portraiture; art and gender
• Dr Clare Taylor – 18th-century domestic interior
• Dr Susie West – 17th- and 18th-century architecture and material culture

Fees and funding

Please see The Open University website http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/fees-and-funding for more information

Qualification and course duration

PhD

MPhil