Postgraduate Course: Rubens and the Arts of Persuasion (HIAR11024)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | History of Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Rubens has rightly been described as "the most learned man" in the world of his day. It is in the context of Rubens as polymath that I wish to consider his unique skills as propagandist: artist, architectural historian and authority on the sculpture of the ancients; classical scholar trained in the best school of letters and rhetoric in early modern Europe; brilliantly gifted linguist; courtier, and diplomat who was known personally be the kings of Spain, France and England. The purpose of this course is to construct a cultural biography of this Promethean figure whose output within the tradition of western art was not even surpassed by Picasso. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students who enrol on this course will acquire a very broad understanding of the culture of early seventeenth century Europe. An unusually large number of letters by Rubens survive and accordingly, there will be an unparalleled opportunity to relate the personal testimony of an artist to his oeuvre. In addition, there will be training in appreciating the bearing of documentary evidence to an understanding of cultural artefacts. Vice-versa, so too, we shall consider the potential and limitations in seeing paintings as historical documents. Students will finish the course with a good acquaintance with the contours of early modern European history. |
Assessment Information
| Principal means of assessment is a 4,000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Howarth
Tel: (0131 6)50 4111
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Course secretary | Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: 0131 221 6026
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