Course Description

Painting north of the Alps, primarily in Flanders and Germany from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, with special attention to the van Eycks, van der Weyden, Bosch, Durer, and Grunewald.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to produce an extensive research paper on specific works or issues related to the field and the methodologies appropriate to the topic under consideration in the course. This paper will be a detailed, in-depth consideration of the student's chosen theme requiring not only a demonstration of advanced research skills (including the ability to read and use material presented in foreign languages), but also an articulation of the student's ability to understand and manipulate the critical apparatus of art history in connection with Northern Renaissance.

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Athena Title

NORTH RENAISSANCE

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Prerequisite

Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

This course traces artistic developments north of the Alps, primarily Flanders, from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Major figures to be considered include the Limbourgs, Van Eyck, Campin, van der Weyden, Hugo van der Goes, and Bosch.

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Topical Outline

I. The Limbourgs II. Robert Campin III. Jan Van Eyck IV. Rogier van der Weyden V. Hugo van der Goes VI. Late fifteenth-century painting in Flanders VII. Hieronymous Bosch

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