| CODE | ART3004 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Art in Malta 4: The Nineteenth Century - Painting, Sculpture and Architecture | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit takes into consideration the impact of Neo-Classicism and Academism, Romanticism and Eclecticism, the Nazarenes and the Purists and Verismo on the works of local and foreign artists working in Malta in the 19th cent. It focuses on the manifestation of the Greek Revival, Nazarene and Purist art and its dominance in mid-century, and discusses the shift towards Italian art and Verismo in the late decades of the century. Important links forged with foreign centres, in particular London, Rome and Paris, will be examined. The main local exponents in Malta such as the painters Pietro Paolo Caruana, Salvatore Busuttil, Giuseppe Hyzler, Michele Bellanti, Giuseppe Calì and Lazzaro Pisani, the Dimech sculptors, and the architects Giuseppe Bonavia, Emanuele Luigi Galizia and Nicola Zammit will be discussed. Lectures will also consider the important corpus of works by Italian artists such as Pietro Gagliardi, Francesco Grandi and Domenico Bruschi. Topographical and landscape painting will also be considered. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit seeks to understand the character of artistic production in Malta during a century which brought about deep artistic, social and political changes within the larger context of European art. The lectures discuss the stylistic evolution of the period within the context of a predominant Italian – largely Roman Catholic – bias in a significant British Crown Colony. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - understand artistic developments in Malta within the changing scenarios of the nineteenth century, taking into consideration essential developments on the continent, particularly in England and Italy; - appreciate the diverse artistic attitudes which characterised Maltese Art throughout this important century, thus filling the gap between the Late Baroque and the onset of Modern Art. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - better appreciate the multi-faceted character of 19th century Maltese Art through conoisseurship study; - engage with the methodological tools required for the study of the artistic production and context of Malta; - critically engage with the production of the leading artists of the period. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Mario Buhagiar, The Iconography of the Maltese Islands: Painting 1400-1900, Malta 1987. - Keith Andrews, The Nazarenes: a brotherhood of German painters in Rome, Oxford 1964. - Joan Johnson (ed.), The General: the Travel Memoirs of General Sir George Whitmore, UK 1987. - Conrad Thake (ed.), The Addolorata Cemetery, Malta 2020. - Dissertations presented to the Department of Art and Art History (UOM) and other academic papers |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark Sagona |
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