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.
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 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