Painting the City: 19th-century London

In this introductory course we will look at a range of paintings by British artists Millais and Holman-Hunt, the American painters, Whistler and Sargent as well as the French painter, Monet. This wide-ranging selection will enable us to discuss the creative appeal of London, the various motivations of the artists and what their depictions might reveal, wittingly or unwittingly, about this contradictory and complex metropolis.