Europe of the Empires: The Arts of the Nineteenth Century

From the collapse of the ‘Ancien Regime’ and the ravages of a 25 year war, the “Long 19th Century” took us to the outbreak of a very different war in 1914, in a very different world.

This course examines the expression of change in the arts – from Goya in Spain, Blake in England and the Impressionists in France. As Empires expanded we will look at the impact of trade and new materials and of new and exotic influences on artists from Delacroix to Picasso.

Town and Country

In this lecture, you will see how commerce and the expansion of empires created unprecedented growth of cities across Europe. Urban design opened up boulevards graced by buildings worthy of a great age. In contrast, as city life became the norm, nostalgia for the land grew, assisted, paradoxically, by scientific advances in paints and the understanding of colour which made possible the images of artists like Monet and Renoir.

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