University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Only available to those enrolling on the MA Combined Studies or already enrolled on the MA/BSc General degree taken in the evening.

Planned timetable: Mon 6.30 - 9.30 pm

As Walter Sickert famously stated in 1934: The influence between brush and mask has at the best periods been reciprocal. This relationship, between painting and the theatre, has a long and productive history in British Art and Theatre History. From Hogarth's David Garrick as Richard III (1745) to Sickert's merging of tradition and the modern in his Shakespearean portraits of the 1930s, we will explore this interrelationship through a series of works by artists such as Joshua Reynolds, Henry Fuseli, John Everett Millais and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, amongst others. In addition, through inspiration from theatre productions and artist's set designs for the theatre we will explore how the theatre used artists and their works as inspiration and guidance in their productions. Simultaneously, through an analysis of theatre productions and artworks, we will investigate and discuss just how these artists reveal the changing social, cultural and artistic concerns of their day.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass AH2901 and pass AH1901

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour session, lecture and tutorial (x 13 weeks), optional office hour (x 13 weeks), 1 x 9-hour fieldtrip.

Scheduled learning hours: 48

Guided independent study hours: 252

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100% (3,500-word Research Essay = 50%, 2,000-word Visual Review Paper = 25%, 2 Visual Analysis Tests = 12.5% each)

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: 1 x Written Assignment to be agreed by the Board of Examiners

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr W W Rough
Module teaching staff: Dr W Rough
Module coordinator email wwr@st-andrews.ac.uk