How is an art history Oxbridge interview different to other interviews and how can I prepare?

The answer to this question is twofold as the art history interviews are practically very different as well as posing new academic challenges for a student (especially one who has not been able to study the subject before). Unlike other Oxford interviews, the art history interviews take place all in one day in the department, whereas for other subjects you may be waiting in a college for up to a week in case you are called for another interview at a different college. On the day each student has two interviews; one is about your personal statement or any written work you have sent in and the other is an interview in which two or three tutors ask you to respond to a couple of images. This latter one can be difficult if the student is not used to analysing or speaking openly about visual material. As well as being very comfortable with the readings you mentioned on your personal statement, it is a good idea to practice responding to images. To give an idea of how this might work, I have prepared an image for us to discuss in a similar manner to the interview.