Postgraduate Course: Britannia Romana : Rome in the British Imagination 1700-1800 (HIAR11041)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
History of Art |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
This course explores the powerful allure of Rome and Roman culture, both ancient and modern in eighteenth-century Britain. It will investigate how Roman art was used to serve distinctively British political and social ends. We will discuss the phenomenon of the Grand Tour and the reception of specific works of art (including the Raphael Cartoons and the Apollo Belvedere) and examine the ways in which British artists copied and adapted classical, renaissance and baroque Roman models in portraiture, landscape and history painting. The course will be organised around a series of case studies (which will include paintings and other objects from Edinburgh and its surroundings). |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
? knowledge of a key aspect of eighteenth-century British culture and current art-historical approaches to it
? development of core art-historical skills of visual attentiveness, description and analysis
? refinement of skills of critical reading, writing and argument
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Assessment Information
| One short and one long essay (total 4,000 words) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Clare Haynes
Tel: 0131 650 4124
Email: c.haynes@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: (0131 6)51 3212
Email: Lucy.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk |
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