Undergraduate Course: Fifteenth-Century Netherlandish Art I: The Age of Jan van Eyck (LLLA07272)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The first of two courses exploring the rich artistic talent of the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. During this period, the innovative approaches of painters such as Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin, and Rogier van der Weyden profoundly influenced artistic developments across Western Europe, including Italy. This course will examine the careers of these artists and others of their time, considering their contribution to fifteenth-century European culture. |
| Course description |
1: Introduction: the establishment of the Netherlands as a leading centre of artistic production in fifteenth-century Europe. Art works include: Melchior Broederlam, The Dijon Altarpiece; Claus Sluter, The Well of Moses
2: The van Eyck brothers, The Ghent Altarpiece
3: Altarpieces: Robert Campin, The Mérode Triptych; Rogier van der Weyden, The Last Judgement; Jan van Eyck, The Madonna of Canon van der Paele
4: Painters and their personalities: Robert Campin, Miscreant and Pilgrim
5: Painters and their personalities: Jan van Eyck, his sense of the past
6: Jan van Eyck, The Rolin Madonna and The Arnolfini Portrait
7: Painters and their personalities: Rogier van der Weyden, piety and pathos
8: Rogier van der Weyden, part II
9: The development of portraiture
10: Material Culture: the cult of chivalry and its effects on material culture; jewellery; clothing, including the significance of the male leg!
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a wide-ranging knowledge of the major Netherlandish artists
- Appreciate their role in the changing status of the artist
- Understand the role of patronage for art production during this period
- Critically engage with the historical circumstances and extant evidence
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Reading List
Essential
Nash, Susie (2008), Northern Renaissance Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Campbell, Lorne (1998), The Fifteenth-Century Netherlandish Schools. London: National Gallery Publications
Recommended
Belozerskaya, Marina (2002), Rethinking the Renaissance: Burgundian Arts Across Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Chipps Smith, Jeffrey (2004), The Northern Renaissance. London: Phaidon
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Visual analysis of art and material culture
Comparative analysis
Critical analysis of material culture in artistic and socio-political contexts
Communication of critical interpretations in a concise, lucid and coherent form |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sally Crumplin
Tel:
Email: Sally.Crumplin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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