| Unit name | Modern Art in Britain 1910-1960 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HART20146 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Ms. Tricha Passes |
| 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 second level unit offers an opportunity for a thematic and chronological examination of several key themes of art-historical interest, through a broad survey of British art between 1851 and 1910. it builds upon skills, themes and material covered in several different first-level units, including the first-level lecture unit 1700-1900, and lays the foundation for further, more focussed study of related or complementary material in several different final units. The main concentration is on the changes and new ideas affecting British art between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and Roger Fry's 1910 'Manet and the Post-Impressionists' exhibition. The major emphasis is on painting that introduce 'modernist' tendencise into Victorian and Edwardian England (Whistler and Aestheticism; W.R.Sickert, Philiop Wilson Steer, the English Impressionists and their contemporaries influenced by naturalist painting in France, notably the Newlyn School; the early experiments with post-impressionism around 1910 by the painters who formed the Camden Town Group) rather than on 'traditional' or academic artists. The ideas of John Ruskin, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movements are also considered from the perspective of what they contributed to new concepts of design and the relationship of art to society.
