ARTHIST 321

Art and Revolution 1750-1850


Description

Topics in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe, particularly France and Britain. The impact of social and industrial revolution is examined, and developments in portraiture, landscape and history painting are explored. The major artists include Constable, Turner, Goya, Reynolds, Gainsborough, David, Ingres, Gericault and Delacroix.

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Availability 2024

Not taught in 2024

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Recommended Reading

David Blayney Brown, Romanticism (Phaidon, 2001)

David Irwin, Neoclassicism (Phaidon, 1997)

Assessment

Coursework and exam

Points

ARTHIST 321: 15 points

Prerequisites

HISTORY 224 and 15 points at Stage I in Art History or 15 points at Stage II in Art History, and 60 points passed

Restrictions

ARTHIST 201