Gender Body in 19th C Art

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

In this course we seek to understand how artists in Britain, France, America, Australia and beyond depicted gender, gendered bodies and gender roles. We traverse the major artistic movements from the French Revolution until the end of World War One—in particular Neoclassicism, Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism—focusing on how gender was constructed and deconstructed in art across different nations. A transnational approach will allow us to draw conclusions about the local manifestations of different artistic styles, and to consider the gender implications of nineteenth-century cosmopolitanism and nationalism.