Art and Society in the 19th Century

Art and Society in the 19th Century

  • 19thC Introduction

Artists and Publics

  • 19thC Academies and Education
  • 19thC Artistic Identities
  • 19thC Exhibitions and Art Markets
  • 19thC Art and Mechanical Reproduction

Landscapes and People

  • 19thC Tourism and the Picturesque
  • 19thC Landscape and Nationalism
  • 19thC Class and Labour
  • 19thC Nature and Nationalism
  • 19thC Emergence of the Modern City

History and Modernity

  • 19thC The Functions of History Painting
  • 19thC The Historical Present
  • 19thC Portraiture: The Hero and the Sovereign
  • 19thC Ruskin and Revivalism
  • 19thC Baudelaire and Modernity

Gender and the Body

  • 19thC Women Artists
  • 19thC The Domestic Sphere
  • 19thC The Nude
  • 19thC Orientalism and Photography
  • 19thC Primitivism

Retrospective

  • 19thC Artists and Publics
  • 19thC Landscapes and People
  • 19thC History and Modernity
  • 19thC Gender and the Body

The Free Art History Course

Over 200 one-hour YouTube videos with full lecturer notes on the history of Western art from cave painting to the present day

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