| Unit name | Gustave Courbet |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HART30212 |
| 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 |
The unit will provide an in-depth study of the life and work of the French painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). In this instance, concentration on the life as well as the work is particularly justified, in that Courbets political and social concerns and interventions make his extra-artistic activities significant in their own right. The unit will initially provide an introduction to French political and social history in the mid-nineteenth century (the reign of Louis-Philippe, the Second Republic, the Second Empire and the Third Republic) before considering Courbets artistic production in detail. His work will be considered in the light of his self-proclaimed Realist aesthetic and in relation to the ideas of artistic, literary and political friends such as Baudelaire, Buchon, Champfleury, Millet and Proudhon.
