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HA4512: ART & SOCIETY IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND (2023-2024)

Last modified: 14 Dec 2023 11:16


Course Overview

This course examines English art across the eighteenth century, addressing a range of genres, from portraiture and historical narratives, to sporting art and political satires. We consider where and how such art was encountered, in public exhibitions, private homes, pleasure gardens and shop windows. Artists studied include William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, James Gillray and Anglica Kauffman.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Helen Pierce

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 4

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

  • Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Art History (HA) or History (HI)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

During the eighteenth century, the production of paintings, prints and sculptures flourished in England against a backdrop of cultural and social innovation and change: the emergence of public art exhibitions, the establishment of formal artists’ academies, the possibilities of leisure travel and tourism, and the intellectual reforms of the Enlightenment Age. Within this course, we consider where and how such art was encountered, in public exhibitions, private homes, pleasure gardens and shop windows. Artists studied include William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, James Gillray and Anglica Kauffman, with primary sources examined within the University’s Special Collections as well as in the classroom.


Contact Teaching Time

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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

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Learning Outcomes
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Book Review

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Tutorial/Seminar Participation

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Formative Assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

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