Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this MODULE students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the general timeline, and recognise and examine the main stylistic developments in the history of Western painting c1350-1500.
- Identify, compare and contrast the characteristics of the key artists, art movements & styles.
- Recognise and contextualise the works of key practitioners and their significance within the artist's career, the school or the art historical period.
- Possess an understanding of the broader social, historical & cultural background to the artworks and principal artistic developments.
Indicative Module Content:
Tutorial topics include:
The International Gothic
The ‘Renaissance’
The van Eycks & The Altarpiece of the Lamb
The Brancacci Chapel
Fra Angelico & San Marco, Florence
Story of the True Cross, San Francesco, Arezzo
The ‘High’ Renaissance
The Last Supper
The Sistine Chapel: the wall & ceiling paintings