Undergraduate Course: Fifteenth-Century Netherlandish Art II: The Age of Hans Memling (LLLA07273)
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 second of two courses exploring the rich artistic talent of the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. During this period, urbanisation brought rich patrons who employed some of the most gifted artists of their day: painters such as Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Hugo van der Goes. This course will examine the work of these artists and others, and their contribution to Netherlandish and European culture. |
| Course description |
1: Petrus Christus, successor to Jan van Eyck, Madonna of Jan Vos, Goldsmith in his Shop, the first advertising billboard? Last Judgement
2: Dirk Bouts, his relationship to Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden. The Lamentation and the Last Judgement
3: Hans Memling, the most successful portraitist of his generation, Portrait of a Man with a Pink, Portrait of Gilles Joye, Portrait of William and Barbara Moreel
4: Hans Memling, Part II, Passion of Christ, St Ursula Casket
5: Hugo van der Goes, melancholy and mediocrity, The Death of the Virgin, Monforte Altarpiece, Nativity with Shepherds
6: A Medieval Mystery: Hans Memling, the Last Judgement and Hugo van der Goes, the Portinari Altarpiece
7: Music of the Burgundian Netherlands, origin of the ¿Renaissance sound¿, expressed in paintings
8: Gerard David, the Justice of Cambyses, the Virgin among Virgins, the Nativity Triptych
9: Netherlandish Art in transition: Quentin Matsys; Geertgen tot Sint James and Jan Gossart.
10: Material culture: hierarchy of artistic production; changing status of the artist; marketing art.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
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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