Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 lectures |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 3 seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2000 word essay 2000 word essay chosen from a list of representative questions, with appropriately sourced and labeled illustrations | 70% |
| Semester Assessment | Formative assessment: 500 word written research test 500 word written research test to offer definitions of key art historical terms | 30% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
See below.
1. Demonstrate knowledge of key issues in European art and their wider cultural and social contexts in the period 1700-1800.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts and theories, style labels, movements, critical texts and the historical contexts for the production of art.
3. Frame a response to questions and develop a written argument on appropriate material in essay form.
4. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of appropriate bibliographic and other research materials.
Aims
Brief description
This module provides a comprehensive survey of European art and its social and cultural contexts from 1700-1800. It explores key issues in the visual arts and material culture within their intellectual and cultural settings and stimulates understanding of a range of cultural forces, such as: the end of the Ancien Régime in France, the rise of Academies in Europe, the beginnings of industralization, new patterns of patronage and collecting within a period dominated by the Enlightenment and revolutionary change. It aims to acquaint the student with the work of key artists, and histories of institutions, intellectual currents, styles and movements in the visual culture of Europe at the beginning of the modern period.
Content
Typically, lectures will cover the following topics:
- Rococo and French Art in the Early 18th Century
- Hogarth: Paint and Print in early 18th-century Britain
- The Enlightenment and Culture: An Overview, seminar
- Academies and Salons in Europe
- History Painting and the Grand Style
- David and Revolutionary Art in France, seminar
- Reynolds, the Portrait and the Royal Academy
- The Sublime and the Beautiful: 18th-century Landscape Painting and Theory in Britain
- The Industrial Revolution and Material Culture in Britain, seminar
- Blake and his Contempories: Romanticism and Classicism
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | |
| Communication | Taught (in lectures and seminars) and in written assignments |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Reflecting upon the outcome of the earlier, shorter, formative assessment to develop skills in the larger written assignment and through discussion in seminars |
| Information Technology | As above (2: Research Skills), particularly in the use of museum websites to research objects and images |
| Personal Development and Career planning | The module will highlight the importance of picture research, visual analysis and the development of professional writing skills stressing these as necessary for the development of a career as a professional art historian working in diverse areas of the discipline, such as museums, art galleries and universities |
| Problem solving | |
| Research skills | The written assessments require effective use of library and internet facilities, in particularly the use of image banks and museum websites for picture research |
| Subject Specific Skills | Visual literacy, visual and verbal analysis |
| Team work | Through group work for seminar readings |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4