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ART 231: Northern Renaissance Art
This course will survey the major artists and art movements in northern Europe from ca. 1400-1570, with attention to stylistic and technical innovations in their context of social, religious and cultural expression. The first third of the course will examine the late Gothic flourishing o the arts in the courts of France and the Lowlands, and the van Eycks, Robert Campin, and Roger van der Weyden. The middle portion of the course will examine the diverse practices of the second half of the fifteenth century in France, Netherlands, and Germany, with particular focus on the development of printing and the art of Bosch. For the final part of the course we will move to Germany where we will look at sculpture and the master printer, as well as the emergence of a Renaissance style by artists such as Dürer, Cranach and Holbein. We will also consider the crisis brought on by the Reformation and conclude with the Netherlandish artist Bruegel.
FINAL EXAM
- SLIDE LIST (PDF format) Posted Dec 8, 2006. Complete list through the end of class.
- Images (Password Protected Site. Ask professor for login information)
- Final Slides Part One Netherlandish
- Final Slides Part Two German plus Bruegel
- Final Essay Question
CLASS MATERIALS
Due to copyright restrictions, some images and materials for this class will be maintained on a password-protected site, available only to students in this class. Please ask the professor for the login information.
TEXTS:
SNYDER, James Northern Renaissance Art.
Supplemental materials will be handed out in class or made available through electronically. For these texts and images see the Class Resources. and discussed in class.
EVALUATION
| 30% | Participation and Short Assignments Attendance and participation in class is required. Writing Assignment September 18th in class Database Image Assignment November 10th in class |
| 20% | Midterm October 11th, in class. Slide identifications, terms and visual comparisons. |
| 25% | Paper 8-10 pages on a topic to be
determined in consultation with the professor. Topic and Preliminary Bibliography Due: Oct. 18th, in class. Paper due in class Dec 4th, for return on last day |
| 25% | Final Exam Final Exam (Period J) Wednesday,
December 20, 9 am – noon.. Similar to the midterm, but including an essay to be passed out on the last day of class. The short-answer portion will cover material only from the second half, but the essay may require students to reflect upon the content of the entire course. |
