Art in Britain

AHCP20221 Art in Britain 20 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 The course  is concerned with the unique cultural and social structures that shaped artistic vision inBritain c. 1780-1900. Lectures and seminars are designed to put forward arguments for rethinking the way we understand the history of artistic creativity, expression and meaning in this pivotal period. To this end, works by JMW Turner, John Constable, William Blake, Ford Madox Brown, D. G. Rossetti, Edward Burne Jones, John Everett Millais,  G. F. Watts, Walter Sickert, James Whistler and others are examined  alongside established theories relating to aesthetics,  sensory perception, human development and politics. On top of this, the course looks at how artists responded to new debates around spiritualism, class, gender, sexuality and race.Teaching will make use of the world-class collections   at Manchester Art Gallery, The Whitworth, the John Rylands Library and Manchester Town Hall.  The course  is concerned with the unique cultural and social structures that shaped artistic vision inBritain c. 1780-1900. Lectures and seminars are designed to put forward arguments for rethinking the way we understand the history of artistic creativity, expression and meaning in this pivotal period. To this end, works by JMW Turner, John Constable, William Blake, Ford Madox Brown, D. G. Rossetti, Edward Burne Jones, John Everett Millais,  G. F. Watts, Walter Sickert, James Whistler and others are examined  alongside established theories relating to aesthetics,  sensory perception, human development and politics. On top of this, the course looks at how artists responded to new debates around spiritualism, class, gender, sexuality and race.Teaching will make use of the world-class collections   at Manchester Art Gallery, The Whitworth, the John Rylands Library and Manchester Town Hall.  The course offers a detailed account of the history, theory and reception of British painting c.1780-1900, and provides students with the opportunity to understand how these matters were related to broader debates about the critical function and scope of the visual arts.  <ul><li>Understand debates and arguments about the identity and value of visual culture in Britain c. 1780-1900.</li><li>Assess the extent to which visual culture changed during this period and what this might indicate about broader social development.</li><li>Explain how visual culture functioned as a site for the reproduction systems of power and knowledge, and how these matters were supported in critical, curatorial and institutional contexts.</li></ul> <ul><li>Reflect critically on relevant art historical and cultural scholarship.</li><li>Develop analytical skills to understand a range of cultural and social matters.</li><li>Apply critical thinking and analysis to a range of cultural artefacts and social situations.</li><li>Formulate arguments supported by relevant evidence.</li></ul> <ul><li>Evaluate cultural artefacts and situate them in their appropriate social and cultural contexts.</li><li>Engage with on-line research using relevant websites and databases contained in the course unit guide.</li><li>Produce structured, analytical and evidence-rich assessments.</li></ul> <ul><li>Identify, arrange and deploy evidence in producing an argument.</li><li>Communicate ideas effectively.</li><li>Utilise a wide range of learning resources in the production of assessed material.</li></ul> Other Effective time management skills through the completion of mandatory tasks. Effective IT skills through the production of assessments and online research. Effective professional skills via applying feedback to new learning situations. IntroductionBritish Romantic Cultures: Imagining Nation and EmpireWilliam Blake Among the StarsThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood‘Pre-Raphaelitism’ and AcademicismMachinic Modernity and the Social Activist AestheticPublic Art and Public CulturePainting ‘Life’: The Rebirth of MythosVictorian Summerland; or, The Making of Spirit-landAestheticism and the Arts and Crafts MovementOverview and Revision Lectures, seminars and tutorials, supported by course unit texts and recorded teaching sessions. 0 Other 100% <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:136pt" width="180"> <tbody> <tr height="97" style="height:72.5pt"> <td class="xl66" height="97" style="height:72.5pt;width:68pt" width="90"> Essay Plan</td> <td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left:none;width:68pt" width="90"> 0%</td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:136pt" width="180"> <tbody> <tr height="97" style="height:72.5pt"> <td class="xl66" height="97" style="height:72.5pt;width:68pt" width="90"> Essay 1</td> <td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left:none;width:68pt" width="90"> 40%</td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:136pt" width="180"> <tbody> <tr height="97" style="height:72.5pt"> <td class="xl66" height="97" style="height:72.5pt;width:68pt" width="90"> Essay 2</td> <td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left:none;width:68pt" width="90"> 60%</td> </tr> </tbody></table>  <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:661px;" width="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:321px;"> Feedback method</td> <td style="width:340px;"> Formative or Summative</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:321px;"> <ul> <li> Written feedback on essays and essay plan</li> </ul>  </td> <td style="width:340px;"> Both</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:321px;"> <ul> <li> Additional one-to-one feedback (during consultation hour or by making an appointment)</li> </ul>  </td> <td style="width:340px;"> Both</td> </tr> </tbody></table>  BA (Hons) History of Art BA (Hons) History of Art Second Year Optional Y Bendiner, Kenneth, An Introduction to Victorian Painting, New Haven, 1985Curran, Stuart, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Romanticism, Cambridge, 1993Frye, Northrop, Fearful Symmetry, New York, 1947Harrison, Charles, et al (eds), Art in Theory 1815-1900, Oxford, 1998Prettejohn, Elizabeth, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, London, 2000)Trodd, Colin, Visions of William Blake, Liverpool, 2012Wilton, Andrew, Turner and the Sublime, London, 1980  Lectures 22 Seminars 11 0 167