107-264 Nineteenth Century European Art

Formerly available as 107-405 and 107-049. Students who have completed 107-405/049 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually 25 points of first-year art history, see Prerequisites.

This subject introduces students to the principal landscape artists and landscape art theorists in Europe from the beginnings of Romanticism early in the 19th century to Post-Impressionism at the end of the century. Students will be exposed to a range of different models for understanding landscape as a subject for painting, while tracing the progressive shift away from classical ideals of landscape painting in the innovations of Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. A particular focus in the course will be the impact on painting of social and technological developments, such as transport, photography and tourism. These will be analysed in the light of recent scholarship on the relationship between social class and the perception of the countryside.

A 1500 word class paper and a 2500 word essay.

A subject reader will be available.