ARTHIST 201

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.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2025

Not taught in 2025

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Recommended Reading

David Blayney Brown Romanticism (Phaidon, 2001)

David Irwin, Neoclassicism (Phaidon, 1997)

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ARTHIST 201: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points at Stage I in Art History and 30 points passed

Restrictions

ARTHIST 321