Topic: Art of the Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2:30pm-3:45pm | TuTh | Carlos Hall 212 | Walter Melion. | HAP. | 4 | 12627 | TBA. |
We will be studying art produced in the Low Countries between 1580 and 1680, a period when confessional and cultural differences between the Calvinist Northern and Catholic Southern Netherlands became pronounced. Among the topics to be considered are the rise of pictorial specialties, such as portraiture, landscape, city views, still life, and images of labor and leisure; the social uses of such art, as well as the market conditions under which masters chose to specialize in certain pictorial types; and the theory and practice of a descriptive art based in mirroring and mapping, rather than poetic invention. We shall also examine the alternatives to this art of observation, formulated by Rubens in Antwerp, Rembrandt in Amsterdam, and Johannes Vermeer in Delft.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- 1984. The Art of Describing . ISBN: 9780226015132.
- 1988. Rembrandt's Enterprise: The Studio and the Market. ISBN: 9780226015149.
- 1996. The Making of Rubens. ISBN: 9780300067446 .
- 1997. The Embarrassment of Riches. ISBN: 9780679781240 .
- 2005. A Worldly Art: The Dutch Republic, 1585-1718. ISBN: 9780300107234.
- 1984. Rembrandt. ISBN: 9780500201954 .
Grading
| Assignment/Exam | Details | % of Total Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements: Class attendance, of course, as well as one paper on an assigned topic. | ||
| Two in-class exams. |
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