| CODE | ART1005 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Modern Art in the Making | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the various social and cultural forces and delves into the variety of routes evident in nineteenth-century art which would gradually transform the Romantic and academic tradition into Modern Art in the early twentieth century. Lectures will consider the great Parisian artistic revolution of mid-century, in particular Realism and Courbet, the formidable contribution of Manet, the Barbizon School and the forerunners of Impressionism, the formation and evolution of Impressionism and the leading French masters including Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir, and the Post-Impressionist reaction witnessed in formidable artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat, Redon, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Lectures will also discuss the significant contribution of Moreau and the Symbolists, and will take into consideration important centres across Europe which were vital in the change brought about by this extraordinary epoch. The study-unit will also touch upon revolutionary ideas in design, including the Arts and Crafts Movement and Aestheticism. Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to equip students with a strong familiarity and knowledge of the currents in nineteenth-century art which led to one of the greatest revolutions in Western Art: the invention of Modern Art. Lectures will focus on a critical, comparative, formal and technical analysis, highlighting the most important qualities which were responsible for this immense visual revolution which would shake the foundations of art-making in Europe. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit, students will be able to: i. demonstrate a good grasp of the main artistic developments of the period within the social and cultural currents of the time; ii. have a good understanding of the most important works of art and artists produced in this extraordinary period; iii. understand the revolutionary qualities which led to the beginning of Modern Art. 2. Skills Students will be able to: i. appreciate, evaluate and contextualise the artistic realities of the time; ii. distinguish between the different artistic trends pursued by various artists in their quest for change; iii. appreciate the innovative and revolutionary qualities of the landmark works of the period between visual arts and design. Reading List: - S. Adams, The Barbizon School and the Origins of Impressionism, Phaidon, London, 1994 - T. J. Clark, The Absolute Bourgeois. Artists and Politics in France 1848-1851 London, 1999 - T. J. Clark, Image of the People. Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolution, London, 1999 - S. F. Eisenman (ed.), Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History, Thames and Hudson, London, 2011 - N. Pevsner, Pioneers of Modern Design, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005 - P. ten-Doesschate Chu, Nineteenth-Century European Art, Prentice Hall, Pearson, 2012 - B. Thomson, Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception, Thames and Hudson, London, 2000 - B. Thomson, The Post-Impressionists, Phaidon, London, 2002. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark Sagona |
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