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AH551F: ROMANTIC REVIVALS: RELIGION IN 19TH CENTURY ART (2023-2024)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:38


Course Overview

The nineteenth century saw an unprecedented rise of interest in Christian art. This course will focus on nineteenth-century artistic reform movements such as the Nazarenes and the Pre-Raphaelites, the ‘Gothic Revival’, and its intersections with theological movements such as the “Oxford Movement”.

We will focus on themes such as Medievalism; the revival of historic media such as stained glass and fresco painting; and the rising interest in Biblical history painting, and how this intersected with new discoveries in the field of Biblical archaeology, as well as with the aesthetic of Orientalism.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Hans Hönes

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Distance Learning
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • AH501F Romantic Revivals: Religion in 19th Century Art (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The nineteenth century saw an unprecedented rise of interest in Christian art. This course will focus on nineteenth-century artistic reform movements such as the Nazarenes and the Pre-Raphaelites, the ‘Gothic Revival’, and its intersections with theological movements such as the “Oxford Movement”.

At the heart of our interest are the different frameworks employed for reforming art in a genuinely ‘Christian’ way. We will study nineteenth-century medievalism, and the ways artists turned to the past in search of an anti-modern, holistic existence, suffused by the spirit of Christianity. We will discuss the revival of media such as stained glass and fresco painting, but also the historiography of medieval art.

We will also consider the rising interest in Biblical history painting, and how this intersected with new discoveries in the field of Biblical archaeology, as well as with the aesthetic of Orientalism.


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Written feedback; in-person feedback available on request.

Word Count 4000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateShow a critical understanding of Christian revivalism in the 19th century and its recourse on historical evidence in different media
FactualApplyDemonstrate a broad and integrated understanding of key movements, artists, and concepts of Christian art in nineteenth-century Europe.
ProceduralAnalyseDemonstrate ability to independently research, organise and deliver written academic work in essays on defined and self-defined topics.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Article review. Written feedback; in-person feedback available on request.

Word Count 4000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateShow a critical understanding of Christian revivalism in the 19th century and its recourse on historical evidence in different media
FactualApplyDemonstrate a broad and integrated understanding of key movements, artists, and concepts of Christian art in nineteenth-century Europe.
ReflectionAnalyseTo critically evaluate recent theoretical approaches from reception studies and conceptual frameworks such as anachronism.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 5000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseDemonstrate ability to independently research, organise and deliver written academic work in essays on defined and self-defined topics.
FactualApplyDemonstrate a broad and integrated understanding of key movements, artists, and concepts of Christian art in nineteenth-century Europe.
ReflectionAnalyseTo critically evaluate recent theoretical approaches from reception studies and conceptual frameworks such as anachronism.
ConceptualEvaluateShow a critical understanding of Christian revivalism in the 19th century and its recourse on historical evidence in different media

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