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