Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this module, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to do the following:
- regularly and punctually attend classes, engage with their lecturers and tutors, work to set deadlines, and submit original, non-plagiarised work in accordance with the standards expected at university.
- be familiar with, and understand, a range of recommended set texts and critical/ theoretical sources relevant to the course, and be able to work under test/ exam conditions without reliance on lecture notes or other learning aids.
- identify and explain those factors involved in the rise in the social and intellectual status of the artist during the European Renaissance.
- recognise the main stylistic developments in European Renaissance art and architecture.
- identify the works of key artists and their significance within the European Renaissance.
- relate such issues to the wider concept of the Renaissance as a period of revival and reform in Western culture.
Indicative Module Content:
Many of the notions governing our perception of the artist’s role in society stem from the Renaissance; as we explore changing patterns of artistic production, techniques and patronage, a dramatic story begins to unfold: the artist’s rise from the status of craftsman to that of an intellectual, capable of winning ever greater social, professional and intellectual esteem.