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| Unit name |
Image and Word in British Art, c.1730-1800 |
| Unit code |
HART30002 |
| Credit points |
40 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Haut |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
In this thematically organised unit we will explore how image and word can intersect and define one another at particular points in history. However, just at the period c.17.30-1800 say a surge in the publication of illustrated texts and the emergence of the Literary Galleries, there were also those who were keen to stress tensions between visual and verbal representation. Key themes to be addressed will include: the Literary Galleries, Milton and the visual arts, Shakespeare and visual representation, illustrated children's literature, and ekphrasis (the graphic, often dramatic description of a visual work of art). Artists to be studies will include William Hogarth, James Barry, Henry Fuseli, and William Blake, amongst many others.
Aims:
- To explore convergences and conflicts between visual and verbal representation in British culture, during the period roughly 1730-1800
- To enable students to produce advanced critical analysis of a range of key themes concerning visual and verbal representation in British culture, during the period roughly 1730-1800
- To enable students effectively to determine and employ a range of primary sources relevant to their study
- To develop students advanced skills in oral presentations, group discussions and essay writing.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this unit students should be able to:
- Be able to analyse communications between visual and textual production
- Be able to reflect upon whether viewing and reading should be viewed as autonomous aesthetic practices
- Be familiar with interdisciplinary approaches and be able to think flexibly across a variety of conceptual frameworks
- Have developed advanced skills in oral presentations, group discussions and essay writing.
Teaching Information
2 x 2-hour seminars over 10 weeks plus individual tutorials
Assessment Information
Formative assessment:
- 1 x 1500 word presentation
Summative assessment:
Reading and References
- Burkwick, F. & Pape, W. Boydells Shakespeare Gallery (1996)
- Cal�, L. Fuselis Milton Gallery. Turning Readers into Spectators (2006)
- Chayes, I. Picture and Page, Reader and Viewer in Blakes Night Thoughts Illustrations Studies in Romanticism, XXX, (1991), pp. 439-72
- Heffernan, J. Museum of Words: The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery (1993)
- Mitchell, W. J. T. Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology (1986)
- Woof, R. Paradise Lost: The Poem and its Illustrations (2004)
