Undergraduate Course: Arts and Architecture in Europe II - the Renaissance to the Reformation (LLLA07067)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
Acquire a good grasp of the skills and knowledge used in history of art with this stimulating introductory course. We will examine a variety of works in painting, sculpture, and architecture in Northern and Southern central Europe from the Renaissance to the Reformation. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and outside reading, students should be able to:
Discuss complex issues that are particular to each period;
State and justify what period and what geographical area a work of art could belong to;
Understand stylistic differences in Western art from the 14th to the early 17th centuries;
Outline the evolution of Western art from the end of the Middle Ages to the early Baroque period.
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Reading List
Essential
Gombrich, E. H., 2000. The Story of Art, 4th ed., London: Phaidon.
Honour, H. and Fleming, J., 2001. A World History of Art, 5th ed., London: Laurence King.
Recommended
Panofsky, E., 1972. Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art, London: Harper.
Van Mander, Karel 1994. The Lives of the Illustrious Netherlandish and German Painters, Davaco
Vasari, Giorgio 1993. The Lives of the Artists, London: Folio Society
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sally Crumplin
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Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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