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, and without recourse to AI tools (these are unreliable, will not help you learn, and will not prepare you for the exam).
- 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.