Admission requirements
Sufficient proficiency in English.
Description
The Low Countries have made a rich contribution to art history with well-known artists and movements. The lectures of this thematic course on Dutch painting offer an overview of the visual arts from the 15th century to the present covering the characteristics of important moments in art history placing it in the context of Netherlandish culture and history. It covers Flemish Primitives (such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden), important 16th-century painters (e.g. Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel), and famous painters from the so-called ‘Dutch Golden Age’, esp. Rembrandt, Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael and Vermeer with an emphasis on developments in style, function and meaning of their paintings. Furthermore, the course discusses the many faces of modernism in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries focusing on Vincent van Gogh and Piet Mondrian.
Course objectives
The course offers an overview of artistic developments from 1400 up to and including the 20th century, as well as various academic approaches to the visual arts. Students will acquire skills in recognizing differences in style and artistic developments. Moreover, it provides insight into the cultural and historical contexts in which Netherlandish art flourished.
Timetable
De roosters zijn beschikbaar via My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lectures
Assessment method
Assessment and Weighing
The course has two take-home exams, both consisting of few questions focused on your insight knowledge regarding the developments of style and characteristics of movements and works by famous artists. The answered need to be primarily based on the lectures and other course material available on Brightspace. The first exam in the mid-session interval covers art of till the 16th century and determines 40% of the final mark. The second exam in December covers the Golden Age to ca. 1940 and determines 60% of the final mark. Marks lower than 5.5 for the separate tests are not accepted. The average of both exams should be at least 6.
The exams are take-home exams: The questions will be published on Brightspace (via Announcements) the morning of the exam at 9h. You will have to turn in the answers at 12h the same day on Brightspace (via TurnItIn). You are allowed to use all sources available (the lectures, the additional info on Brightspace and even the internet), but you are not allowed to work together. The questions aim at answers in which you show insights in the material that is discussed in the classes. However, only reproducing what is said, is not enough. You will have to proof that you fully master the content and that you can build further on it. So you will have to show your creativity, as well as your knowledge.
Resit
There are resits for both exams in January.
A final mark for the resit lower than 5.5 means a fail for the whole course. Student will have to do the course again and pass both parts in the following year.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
- See Brightspace
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte.
Registration Contractonderwijs.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats
Remarks
Not applicable