Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art
Taylor & Francis

Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art

Edition: 1st Edition
Subjects: Art, The arts
ISBN13: 9781138801653
Published: 18 Aug 2015

Format - Hardback
By Jessica Schwarzenbach

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Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art

Regular price A$252.00
Sale price A$252.00 Regular price A$315.00
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Once the US was the only country in the world to offer a doctorate for studio artists, however &ltthe PhD in fine art disappeared after pressures established the MFA as the terminal degree for visual artists. Subsequently, the PhD in fine art emerged in the UK and is now offered by approximately 40 universities. Today the doctorate is offered in most English-speaking nations, much of the EU, and countries such as China and Brazil.Using historical, political, and social frameworks, this book investigates the evolution of the fine art doctorate in the UK, what the concept of a PhD means to practicing artists from the US, and why this degree disappeared in the US when it is so vigorously embraced in the UK and other countries. Data collected through in-depth interviews examine the perspectives of professional artists in the US who teach graduate level fine art. These interviews disclose conflicting attitudes toward this advanced degree and reveal the possibilities and challenges of developing a potential doctorate in studio art in the US.
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