Topic: Northern Landscape Painting, 1500-1700
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:00am- | Tu | Emerson Hall E101 | Walter Melion. | HAPW. | 4 | 2877 | TBA. |
January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010
Catalog Description: Advanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Semester Details:
We will be studying the form, function, and meaning of landscape imagery produced in Germany and the Low Countries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with an emphasis on the meditative, exegetical, historical, and recreational uses to which such pictures were put.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- 1984. The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century. ISBN: 9780226015132.
- 2000. Pleasant Places : The Rustic Landscape from Bruegel to Ruisdael. ISBN: 9780520216983.
- 1993. Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape . ISBN: 9780226906010.
Grading
| Assignment/Exam | Details | % of Total Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements: Intensive discussion of weekly readings and a research paper. |
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