2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF2118 Victorian Art and the Bourgeois
20 creditsClass Size: 32
Module manager: Ben Read
Email: B.W.Read@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2008/09
This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
This module will look at Victorian art in the context of recent re-readings. It will examine how the newly-enfranchised middle classes impacted on art production, helping define the types of art that flourished within the institutions of Victorian Britain. It will examine treatments of the nude, history, narrative and commemoration in painting and sculpture. Key areas covered will include the decoration of the Houses of Parliament, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Neo-Classicists (Leighton, Alma-Tadema), Symbolism (Burne-Jones, Waterhouse) and public statuary.Objectives
On completion of this module, students should:- be able to undertake a critical analysis of visual and textual documentation relating to the history of Victorian art and its political, economic and cultural contexts;
- be able to deduce the layers of meaning in the narratives of works of art and recognise the political and formal implications in the sphere of public art;
- be able to recognise a shift from literay allusion to art for art's sake.
Skills outcomes
- Verbal and written fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument
- Participation in group discussions
- Co-ordination and dissemination of a range of historical, contextual and visual information
- Using bibliographies.
Syllabus
This module will look at Victorian art in the context of recent re-readings. It will examine how the newly-enfranchised middle classes impacted on art production, helping define the types of art that flourished within the institutions of Victorian Britain. It will examine treatments of the nude, history, narrative and commemoration in painting and sculpture.
Key areas covered will include the decoration of the Houses of Parliament, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Neo-Classicists (Leighton, Alma-Tadema), Symbolism (Burne-Jones, Waterhouse) and public statuary.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Private study hours | 180.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
180 hours - comprised of weekly reading, seminar presentation preparation, researching and writing essays.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Oral presentation, engagement in class discussion.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 1 x 2,500 - 3,000 words | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 1 hr | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 21/05/2010
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