Myth and Landscape in the Art of 19th-century England
Course code
GRA6220.HT
old course code
GRA6220
Course title in Estonian
Müüt ja maastik 19. sajandi Inglismaa kunstis
Course title in English
Myth and Landscape in the Art of 19th-century England
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To get acquainted with peculiarities of art in 19-century England.
Brief description of the course
Main art styles and methods in the 19th c. up to the 1920s. Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism; Impressionism, Postimpressionism. Main representatives. Social factors: development of civilisation, industrialisation, growth of the Empire, development of science. The new level of mythological representations in 19th c art. Escapism. J. Ruskin’s art criticism; Millais, FM Brown, W. Morris. Pre-Raphaelites. Decadence, art nouveau. Aubrey Beardsley.
Landscape as one of the main subjects of the 19th c British art. Landscape as symbol of national identity; the conflict of nature and civilisation; Turner. Constable. GF Watts’s naturalism. Paul Nash’s surrealism. An ecocritical approach. Landscape and cityscape. Development of photography. Francis Bedford.
Landscape as one of the main subjects of the 19th c British art. Landscape as symbol of national identity; the conflict of nature and civilisation; Turner. Constable. GF Watts’s naturalism. Paul Nash’s surrealism. An ecocritical approach. Landscape and cityscape. Development of photography. Francis Bedford.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Ability to grasp general problems of 19th century British art and culture, connecting them to social and historical context, as well as to contemporary issues; familiarity with the work of most important artists, art critics and photographers of the era and their role in British culture; knowledge of art terminology in English; motivation for further research.
Ability to grasp general problems of 19th century British art and culture, connecting them to social and historical context, as well as to contemporary issues; familiarity with the work of most important artists, art critics and photographers of the era and their role in British culture; knowledge of art terminology in English; motivation for further research.
Teacher
Julia Tofantšuk
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