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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Identify major works of Dutch genre art from the 17th century and account for the essential developments in this category of painting;
2. Place significant genre paintings from this period in their political, cultural and economic contexts;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of the production and marketing of art during the period;
4. Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of relevant 17th-century sources, which have a bearing on genre art, as well as present-day critical responses, such as the debates around meaning and interpretation.
The content of the module is updated regularly. Among the lectures and seminar themes will be:
- genre painters and the market
- the origins of genre art
- the interpretation of genre paintings
- early developments in Haarlem and Amsterdam
- Leiden fijnschilders and Utrecht Caravaggisti
- Frans Hals and painting in Haarlem
- Pieter de Hooch and images of domesticity
- Rembrandt and genre art
- the sophisticated art of Gerard ter Borch
- Humour in Dutch art
- Why do Vermeer's paintings look so different?
- the representation of women in Vermeer's work
- Jan Steen - master storyteller
- the aristocratisation of genre paining in the Dutch Republic.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 95 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 95 |
Lectures | 12 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Total | 226 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment(Including Essay): Each student will write a 3,000-word essay based on a class presentation. | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
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Participation in Learning Activities: Students will be graded on their participation in class discussions. This involves reading a prescribed weekly text and engaging with other learning materials available on Brightspace. | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
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Reflective Assignment: Each student will compile a weekly learning journal, analysing the content of the week's classes and core reading. | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Limited feedback to the learning journal will be provided in Brightspace during the opening weeks of the trimester. After each class presentation, constructive feedback will be furnished prior to the writing of the essay. Post-assessment response to the essay and cumulative learning journal will be provided in Brightspace.