Admission requirements
There are no additional requirements.
Description
This series of lectures covers the visual arts and architecture from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the French Revolution. The focus will be on the impact of art on society and society on art in the geographic territory of western Europe. Works of art discussed in Gardner will be analyzed from three different perspectives: cultural transfer and transmission, innovation and how these artworks communicated with contemporary audiences. The aim of the course is to show the connections between different periods and artistic developments. It covers Antiquity, Medieval and Gothic art and architecture, The International Style and the Flemish Primitives, the visual arts in Florence in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance and Baroque Rome and 17th century Dutch painting. We will consider religious art and architecture and focus on artists such as Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, but also on Bernini, Artemisia Gentileschi, Rubens, Vermeer and Rembrandt and other masters of the western European art history canon.
Course Objectives
Students learn to analyze and understand works of art from Antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century.
Students learn to recognize and date the most important works of art from this period.
Students learn to analyze the characteristics of different styles in different periods.
Students learn to put works of art in their cultural context.
Students learn to apply concepts such as innovation, cultural transfer and cultural transmission related to key works of art presented in the course materials.
Students learn to be aware of the function of art, how it was interpreted by contemporaries and how it interacted with patrons and contemporary viewers.
Students learn to develop a critical attitude towards the art historical literature concerning this period.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lectures
Assessment method
Assessment
Digital written mid-term examination with multiple choice and other closed questions (i.e., sequential order, multiple correct). The mid-term covers the contents of the first six weeks of the course.
Digital written final examination with multiple choice and other closed questions and one essay (from two choices). The final exam covers the content from the second six weeks of the course.
Weighing
Written mid-term examination: 40%
Written final examination: 60%
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To successfully complete the course the weighted average needs to be a passing grade (5.5 and higher).
Resit
If the final mark is insufficient (5,4 or below) it is possible to take a resit examination for the failed midterm and/or the final exam.
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
Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages. A Global History 16th edition (or 15th edition), International Edition). Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2016. [ISBN-13: 9781285754994 / ISBN-10:1285754999]
Chapters will be announced on Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment and admission, contact the coordinator of studies
For other questions contact the Student administration Arsenaal
Remarks
Not applicable.