Art and Society in the Nineteenth Century

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 5
• Convenor: Professor Leslie Topp
• Assessment: a 1000-word primary source analysis (40%) and 2500-word essay (60%)

This module is not intended as a survey of artists and schools of the period. It is assumed that you will already have a basic knowledge of these (such as is provided in the module Introduction to Modern Art).

indicative module syllabus

The City

• ‘The Painter of Modern Life’
• Modernity and Improvement
• Urban Identity

Photography

• Inventions
• Portraits
• Institutions

Art and the Body

• Naked vs Nude
• Race and the Nude
• The Make Nude

By the end of this module, you will:

• be able to use different forms of historical material relating to the history of art in Europe in the nineteenth century
• understand the relationships between social, economic and political forces and the artistic practices of the period, and make close analyses of relevant texts and images.