Mr. L. Course and Mr. B. J. Gilbert
A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.
This subject is not available for external tuition.
Fine Arts C will be given every year.
Students wishing to take this subject without having previously taken Fine Arts A must obtain the permission of the lecturers in charge of the subject and must undertake a course of preliminary reading prescribed by the Fine Arts Department.
SYLLABUS
A study of European art (1750-20th century) with special reference to (a) Neo-Classicism and Romanticism, (b) French painting and sculpture from Courbet to the School of Paris.
Students are required to submit written work.
BOOKS
The following is a basic list only. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
*Kaufmann, Emil—Architecture in the Age of Reason. (Harvard U.Р., 1955.) (On order in advance of re-publication. )
Novotny, Fritz—Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780 to 1800. (Pelican History of Art, 1960.)
Hamilton, G. H.—Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940. (Pelican History of Art, 1967.)
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
*Hitchcock, H. R.-Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. (Pelican History of Art, 1958.)
( b ) Prescribed textbooks:
Primary Sources
*Reynolds, Sir Joshua-Discourses. (ed. R. Wark, Huntington Library, 1969. ) Burke, Edmund-A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the
Sublime and Beautiful. ( ed J. T. Boulton, Lend., Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958.) Mason, Eudo C.-The Mind of Henry Fuseli: Selections from his writings.
(Routledge and'Kegan Paul, 1951.)
Eitner, Lorenz-Neo-Classicism and Romanticism. ( Paperback series.) Sources and Documents in the Нistоry of Art Series. ( Prentice-Hall. ) On order in advance of publication.
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*Holt, E. G. From the Classicists to the Impressionists. ( Doubleday, 1966.)
*Baudelaire, C. P.-Art in Paris 1845-1862. ( Trans. ed. J. Mayne, Phaidon, 1965.) Baudelaire, C. P.-The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays. (Trans.ed.
J. Mayne, Phaidon, 1965.)
*Nochlin, Linda-Realism and Tradition in Art, 1848-1900.
In Sources and Documents in the History of Art Series. (Prentice-Hall, 1966.)
*Nochlin, Linda-Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874-1904.
In Sources and Documents in the History of Art Series. (Prentice-Hall, 1967.)
Degas, E.-Letters. (ed. Guerin, M. trans. Kay. M.) ( Oxford, 1945.) Cézanne, P.-Letters. (ed. Rewald, J.) (London, 1941.)
Secondary Sources
Summerson, J.-Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830. ( Penguin, 1963. Rev. ed., 1963.)
Clark, K.-The Gothie Revival. ( Penguin, 1984.)
Hussey, C.-The Picturesque: Studies in a Point of View. ( Pitman, Loud., 1927.) Kaufmann, E.-Architecture in the Age of Reason. ( Harvard U.P., 1955.) Irwin, D.-English Neoclassical Art: Studies in Inspiration and Taste. (Faber
& Faber, 1966.)
Novotny, F.-Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1780-1880. ( Pelican History of Art.)
Hitchcock, H. Russell-Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
( Pelican History of Art.)
Herbert, Robert L.-Barbizon Revisited. ( Boston, 1962. ) Mack, G.-Gustave Courbet. (Lend., 1951.)
Rewald, J.-The History of Impressionism. ( N.Y., 1960.)
Rewald, J.-Post-Impressionism from Van Gogh to Gauguin. (N.Y., 1956.) Rewald, J.-Redon, Moreau; Bresdin. (N.Y., 1961. )
Rewald, J. Pierre Bonnard. (N.Y., 1948.)
Meiss, M. et. al. Eds.-Problems of the 19th and 20th centuries. ( Studies in Western Art, Vol. IV. (Princeton, 1963.)
Duthuit, G.-The Fauvist Painters. (N.Y., 1950.) Barr, A. H.-Cubism and Abstract Art. (N.Y., 1936.)
Pevsner, N.-Pioneers of Modern Design from William Morris to Walter Gropius.
(Penguin Books, Rev. ed., 1960.)
Gropius, Walter-The New Architecture and the Bauhaus. (Faber paperback, 1965.)
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers and a visual examination. Written work as supplied by the - Department.
HONOURS DEGREE N. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
(For possible combinations with this school see p. 250)
1. The course for the degree with honours in the School of Fine Arts com- prises the following subjects:
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1. Fine Arts A 2. Fine Arts B 3. Fine Arts C 4. Fine Arts D
5. (a) Ancient History (hurls) or European History A ( hons ) ; or (b)) English Part I ( honn ) ( see note 1); or
(c) First part of an approved honours sub-major.
6. ( a )) Honours History C or Honours History E or Honours History B; or (b) English Literature Part II; or
( с ) Second part of an approved honours sub-major.
7. Aesthetics.
Note Y
Students who take one of the subjects listed in 5 (a) in the first year must take one of those listed in 6 (a) in the second year. Students who take the subject in 5 (b )_ in the first year must take the subject in 6 (b) in the second year, and cor- respondingly for any other approved honours sub-major.
Note 2
Candidates for the degree with honours must also take either
(a) Three additional subjects, including at least Part I of a foreign language provided it is not already part of an honours sub-major being taken under 5 and б above; or
(b) two additional subjects only, if both these subjects are foreign languages or Parts I and II of a foreign language (assuming in both cases that the honours sub-major is not taken in a foreign language).
Students who have completed the First Year must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honours school. The professor of Fine Arts will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained first or second class honours in Fine Arts A and in their Grade I honours subjects.
2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order:
First Year: • (a) Fine Arts A.
(b) Ancient History ( hons) or European History A ( hons) or English Part I ( hons ) or first part of an approved honours sub-major.
(c) Part I of a foreign language (see Note 2 above), or first additional pass subject.
Second Year: (a) Fine Arts B (hups) or Fine Arts C (hos).
* (b) Honours History C or Honours History E or Honours History B or English Literature Part II or second part of an approved honours sub-major.
(c) Second additional pass subject (see Note 2 above).
Third Year: (a) Fine Arts C (hons) or Fine Arts B (bons).
(b) Aesthetics,
(c) Third additional pass subject, if required (see Note 2 above).
Fourth Year: (a) Fine Arts D.
(b) Thesis.
The final examination in the School of Fine Arts will be divided into two parts:
Part I will consist of one 3-hour paper in Aesthetics and the examination prescribed for the third year Fine Arts honours subject (Fine Arts B or Fine Arts C, whichever is given that year) as set out below.
Part II will consist of a thesis on an approved subject, together with one 3-hour paper in each of the following:
(1) Classical Art (or another special subject) ;
(2) Italian, Renaissance Art, or European Art, 1750-20th century, whichever of these two has not been examined in Part I;
(3) Fine Arts D.
• This subject will be examined at the end of second year. The result will be taken into consideration at the Final Honours examination.
17-1. FINE ARTS В
As for the ordinary degree. Students must attend a two-hour weekly seminar, and (during one or two terms) an additional course of lectures (one hour per week) on a subject complementary to their main course; these will be arranged during the year.
Italian
Some knowledge of the Italian language would be of great assistance to students of Fine Arts В.
EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers and a visual examination, two papers as for the ordinary degree but at a higher standard, the third paper on the additional honours work.
17-2. FINE ARTS C As for the ordinary degree.
An additional weekly seminar throughout the year, and an additional weekly lecture during one or two terms, in which some special aspects of the course will be studied.
EXAMINATION
Three 3-hour papers and a visual examination, two papers as for the ordinary degree but at a higher standard. The third will be devoted to the honours lectures and seminar work.
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3. FINE ARTS D A seminar for Final Year students throughout the year.SYLLABUS
A study of the history and method of art history and art criticism.