University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable: 9.00 am - 11.00 am Mon and either 10.00 am or 11.00 am Wed

This module introduces students to major figures in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French figure-based art (Jacques Callot, Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Baptise Greuze, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Elizabeth Vigée-LeBrun, and Jacques Louis David), with particular attention paid to instances of intersection between visual art and theatrical and performative practices. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French artists borrowed subjects, characters, and compositional strategies from contemporary theater. In addition, theater provided models for performative practices of social identity, whereby individuals used performance to lay claim to desired social roles. Lectures will examine the theme of performance in French visual art and social life, the relationship between French classical theater and history painting, and the dialogue between the theatrical décor and the composition of painting.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass AH2001 and pass AH2002

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour lectures (11 weeks), 1-hour seminar (11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 33

Guided independent study hours: 280

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100% (including Time-Restricted Written Assessment = 30%)

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

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr M T Knowles
Module teaching staff: Dr Marika Knowles
Module coordinator email mk283@st-andrews.ac.uk