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HA3586: ART IN FRANCE: SYMBOLISM TO SURREALISM (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course will analyse how French art of the latter nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century relates to social and cultural evolution and characterises the changing artistic relationship between artists and the public in the period.  From the Symbolists’ fascination with dream-like states of being to the Surrealists’ Freudian-based dream imagery, students on the course will also encounter the colour and form of Post-Impressionists van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat and Cézanne, the decadence of Toulouse-Lautrec’s fin-de-siècle Paris and the new visual language of Cubism.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Mary Pryor

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Programme Level 3
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • History Of Art (HA)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • HA4586 Art in France: Symbolism to Surrealism (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course analyses in detail developments in art in France from c.1880 to c.1939. Stylistic, iconographic technical and ideological connections and differences within the visual material examined will be highlighted, as will changing relations with contemporary artistic work elsewhere in Europe. The course will consist of tutor-led seminars and student-led presentations and follow-up class question and answer sessions/discussions.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


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

Student performance in this course is assessed by written examination, visual-based test, two course essays and class contribution/seminar presentation. 1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (30%); 1 one-hour visual-based test (20%); two course essays, one of which will derive from the seminar paper (2,000 words each) (40%); class contribution, based on tutorial participation and seminar presentations and participation (10%).

Resit: Examination (100%).
NB: All coursework must have been submitted.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Group and individual verbal and written formative feedback will be given on the seminar presentations and discussions.
Individual verbal and written feedback will be given on each of the two course essays. In order to focus feedback more directly on issues that concern individual students there will be a self-assessment form for each essay which should be completed and submitted along with each essay.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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