Course

The Lives of the Impressionists and Other Artists - ARTS2484

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Humanities and Languages

Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1; or 24 units of credit and enrolment in a French Studies extended minor in Arts/Education (4053)

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

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Description

Subject Area: French Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: European Studies

The French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, such as Monet, Renoir and Cézanne, remain today fascinating artists whose works have made a major contribution to many art movements. This course will focus both on historical accounts of the painters’ lives and on fictional representations of these artists, as well as on some examples of their art. The boundaries between life and art, as well as truth and fiction, will be considered.

Key topics: Accounts of the lives of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, fictional stories of their lives and cinematographic representations, the boundaries between factual accounts and fiction, consideration of examples of art works and the reasons for their significance, on the oppositions of life and art, truth and fiction, the movement of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism versus individuality, and the notion of the work of art.

This course is taught in English and with readings in English.

French Studies

Study Levels

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