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 offer an overview of painting in the Low Countries from the 15th century to the modern time covering the characteristics of important moments in art history placing it in the context of Netherlandish culture and history, as well as in a more global perspective. It covers Early Netherlandish art (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’, e.g., Rembrandt, with an emphasis on developments in style, function and meaning of their paintings. Furthermore, the course discusses painting in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries focusing on different artists from Vincent van Gogh to 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.
Learning objectives:
(Meta-)cognitive: Research and analysing
Interpersonal: Written communication
Intrapersonal: Reflect and Independent Learning
Timetable
See My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lectures
Assessment method
Assessment and Weighing
The course has an in-person exam, consisting of a few painting analyses and a few questions focused on your insight knowledge regarding the developments of style and characteristics of movements and works by famous artists. The answers need to be based on the lectures; other course material available on Brightspace can be helpful. The mark for the exam should be at least 6.
Resit
There is a resit for the exam in January; you can see when on MyTimetable.
A mark for the resit lower than 6 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
The reading material will be published on Brightspace.
Registration
General information about registering for courses and exams can be found [here] (https://www.student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/your-study-programme/courses-and-exams/enrolment/humanities/dutch-studies-ba?cf=humanities&cd=dutch-studies-ba#tab-1)
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
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, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats
Remarks
Not applicable.