Undergraduate Course: Masters of the High Renaissance: Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael (LLLA07141)
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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | These three men were amongst the most inspired creators in the history of art exerting a powerful force on the Italian High Renaissance and on subsequent Western art in general. This course will examine each artist¿s career in detail, placing it within the cultural and political context of the time. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/04/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- demonstrate a wide-ranging knowledge of the artwork which characterised the Italian High Renaissance
- assess and compare the artists responsible for the work, and their contexts
- critically engage with the historical circumstances and extant evidence
- analyse the iconographic and compositional elements of a work of art.
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Assessment Information
| One 2,000 word essay submitted after the course finishes, worth 100% of the total course mark. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1: Leonardo, apprenticeship and early career in Florence
Week 2: Leonardo, Milan and that famous C.V.
Week 3: Leonardo and the king of France
Week 4: Michelangelo, apprenticeship and early career in Florence
Week 5: Michelangelo and the papacy part one
Week 6: Michelangelo and the papacy part two
Week 7: Raphael and the Court of Urbino
Week 8: Raphael and the influence of Florence
Week 9: Raphael in Rome
Week 10: Visit to the National Gallery of Scotland
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| Transferable skills |
¿ Critical thinking.
¿ Handling of a variety of sources.
¿ Oral communication. |
| Reading list |
Hall, Marcia, ed. (2005) The Cambridge Companion to Raphael, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Hibbard, Howard (1975) Michelangelo, Allan Lane, London
Johnson, Geraldine (2005) Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Kemp, Martin (1989) Leonardo da Vinci, Yale University Press, New Haven
Wallace, William E. (2010) Michelangelo: the Artist, the Man and His Times, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Welch, Evelyn (2000) Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Zöllner. Frank and Nathan, Johannes (2011) Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Taschen, Cologne
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sally Crumplin
Tel:
Email: Sally.Crumplin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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