University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: 9.00 am Mon and Tue (lectures) and either 9.00 am or 10.00 am Wed (seminar)

This module examines European romanticism and its relation to a broader field of visual practices. We will explore stylistic transformations in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art and consider how romantic artists responded to a rapidly modernising 'visual culture'. Each unit will examine the work of one artist and ask: what kind of optical technologies and visual media were in use in this period? How was the category of 'the visual' being treated in fields like science and philosophy? What consequences did this have for artistic production? We will study the work of, among others, Anne-Louis Girodet, Francisco Goya, Caspar David Friedrich and J.M.W. Turner. In this module, students will think critically about how vision itself might have a history and what this would mean for artistic representation.

Relationship to other modules

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

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2 x 1-hour lectures (x 10 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 30

Guided independent study hours: 270

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

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