| Unit name | Edouard Manet |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HART30211 |
| Credit points | 40 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Mr. Lilley |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will concentrate on the career and work of a single artist, Edouard Manet. It will consider biographies of him, concentrating on how the formation of these biographies may have been predicated on viws of him as an artist. Above all, however, the unit will seek to examine seriously Manet's artistic production as a whole. His relatively neglected graphic work will be investigated, as well as the very famous paintings such as Olympia and A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. The artist will also be contextualised, both in relation to artistic movements of his day, and in terms of historical developments (many of which he addressed, obliquely or otherwise) in his art.
