History of art criticism (1750 - 1960)

lhart2380  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

History of art criticism (1750 - 1960)
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Roucloux Joël;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
The course focuses on the emergence of art criticism in the context of the birth of the 'art world' in the 18th century. The centrepiece of the course is the story of the history of art criticism in France in the 19th century, as it interacted with the development of the institutional and political landscape. A central debate is the question of the relationship of art to society and to science. The 20th century is characterised by the internationalisation of modernism, until modernism itself was inevitably called into question.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 To understand art criticism as an indispensable authority in bringing to light the ideological and social issue of artworks. To understand how the development of the figure of the art critic is directly linked to the institutional world in which he or she operates.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course takes a chronological approach to the leading figures in art criticism: La Font de Saint-Yenne, Gautier, Thoré, Duret, Ruskin, Fry, etc.
Teaching methods
Collection of texts, with commentary. Contextualisation of texts and elucidation of their important issues.
Evaluation methods
Oral examination
Other information
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Online resources
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Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [120] in Philosophy