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ARTH 231 - Northern Renaissance Art – Spring 2010
Professor Anne D. Hedeman
302 Architecture
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:50
Professor Anne D. Hedeman
Email: ahedeman@uiuc.edu
Office: 306 Architecture Building
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:45 and by appointment
Class website: http://courses.art.illinois.edu/Spring10/arth231/
Readings:
The required textbook for the course is the second, updated edition of James
Snyders's Northern Renaissance Art and the recommended book is Jeffrey Chipps
Smith, The Northern Renaissance. These books will be the primary source for
visual material, though we will post selected images on a website. Books and
articles are on reserve for the course in Ricker Library, located on the second floor
of the Architecture Building. Some readings from the reserve collection are
specifically required, but the majority of the reserves are there for you to browse,
as you identify suitable research topics for your paper. Be aware that some books
and articles will be on the reserve shelf for the course, while others will be behind
the desk. Ask the library staff for help if you have trouble finding an assigned
reading.
Requirements:
1. Participation in class discussions (particularly in planned discussions on February
23 nd and April 8 th ).
2. Midterm exam (March 11th)
3. Written work
A. Five-page paper due in class April 20 th . Details about the assignment will be
distributed and discussed on February 11 th . Please be aware that late papers
will be penalized and all papers must be turned in to pass the course.
B. One-page article summaries due on February 23 rd , April 8 th , and May 4 th .
4. Final examination, 8:00–11:00 AM, Monday, May 10
Grades:
Grades will be calculated by averaging your performances in the class discussions
(20%) and on the papers (30%) and midterm (20%) and final (30%) examinations.
As the material in the course and the skills involved in understanding it are
cumulative, your final grade will recognize a marked improvement in your work in
the course of the semester. Thus a poor grade on the midterm may not prejudice a
high grade for the term if your activity in discussions and your final exam
demonstrate a firm grasp of the material. More than three absences will be
grounds for a lower grade.
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Calendar of Lecture Topics and Discussions
19 January -- Introduction
21 January -- Economics and the Art Market/ Artists' Workshops
Recommended: Lorne Campbell, "The Art Market in the Southern
Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century," Burlington Magazine, 118 (1976):188-
98. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/878374
THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
26, 28 January -- French Courts: King Charles V, Duke Louis of Anjou, John, Duke
of Berry, and King Charles VI
Snyder, pp. 17-44
2 February – Ducal Patronage in Burgundy at the Chartreuse de Champmol
Snyder, pp. 44-60
4 February—Furlough day
9 February – Germanic Cities: Cologne and Nuremberg
Snyder, pp. 61-70, 80-85
THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
11 February – Emergence of towns: Bruges and Jan van Eyck
Snyder, pp. 87-109
*Distribution of paper assignments and guidelines for article summary
16-18 February – Tournai and Brussels: The Master of Flemalle (Robert Campin),
Jacques Daret, and Roger van der Weyden
Snyder, pp. 111-32
23 February – Class discussion on Hidden Symbolism and the Merode Altarpiece
*One-page summary of article due at the beginning of class
DISCUSSION READINGS
Group I: Meyer Schapiro, "Muscipula Diaboli, The Symbolism of the
Merode Altarpiece," Art Bulletin, (1945), pp. 182-87.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3047011
Group II: Charles Minott, "The Theme of the Merode Altarpiece," Art
Bulletin, 51 (1969): 267-71.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3048631
Group III: Cynthia Hahn, " `Joseph will perfect, Mary enlighten, and
Jesus save Thee': The Holy Family as Marriage Model in the Merode
Triptych," Art Bulletin, 68 (l986): 54-66.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050863
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25 February – Tradition and innovation in Bruges: Petrus Christus, Hans Memling,
and Gerard David
Snyder, pp. 139-45, 197-213.
4 March – Mass production: prints and sculpture
Snyder, pp. 186-95, 248-65, 270-72
9 March – Review session
11 March – Midterm
16 March -- France: Court Art of Jean Fouquet and devotion in the Alpes Maritime
Snyder, pp. 215-23
18 March -- Public and Private art at Court
Snyder, pp. 24
SPRING BREAK 20-29 MARCH
30 March – Civic Art: Hospitals and Town Halls in Flanders and Germany
Snyder pp. 289-99; Chipps Smith, pp. 69-92
1 April – Southern German Sculpture: Tillman Riemanschneider and Veit Stoss
Snyder 278-87
6 April – Art along the Danube; Lucas Cranach
Snyder, pp. 337-42; 349-62
8 April – Class Discussion on Private Devotion
*One-page summary of article due at the beginning of class
Assignments will be distributed on March 30 th
13 April – German Contrasts: Albrecht Dürer and Hans Baldung Grien
Snyder, pp. 303-33, 362-67
15 April – 15 th Century Painting in the Northern Netherlands
Snyder, 175-86.
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
20 April – Hieronymous Bosch
*5-page paper due at the beginning of class
Snyder, pp. 395-409.
22 April – Pieter Breugel
Snyder, pp. 503-23.
27 April – Humanism and Art: Hans Holbein and Quentin Massys
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Snyder, pp. 375-93, 438-45.
29 April – Romanists in Holland: Jan van Scorel and Maarten van Heemskerck
Snyder, pp. 483-99.
4 May – Art in the age of the Reformation
Snyder, p. 342-49
*One-page summary of article due at the beginning of class
Article assignments will be distributed on 27 th April
*e-mail possible exam essay questions to Professor Hedeman by May 3rd
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ARTH 231 - Northern Renaissance Art
Spring 2010
Professor Anne D. Hedeman
302 Architecture
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:50 a.m.
[Click here to download Printer Friendly PDF version of the ARTH231 Syllabus]
Professor Anne D. Hedeman
Email: ahedeman@uiuc.edu
Office: 306 Architecture Building
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:45 and by appointment
Class website: http://courses.art.illinois.edu/Spring10/arth231/index.html
Readings:
The required textbook for the course is the second, updated edition of James Snyders's
Northern Renaissance Art and the recommended book is Jeffrey Chipps Smith, The
Northern Renaissance. These books will be the primary source for visual material, though we
will post selected images on a website. Books and articles are on reserve for the course in
Ricker Library, located on the second floor of the Architecture Building. Some readings from
the reserve collection are specifically required, but the majority of the reserves are there for you
to browse, as you identify suitable research topics for your paper. Be aware that some books
and articles will be on the reserve shelf for the course, while others will be behind the desk. Ask
the library staff for help if you have trouble finding an assigned reading.
Requirements:
1. Participation in class discussions (particularly in planned discussions on February 23nd and April
8th).
2. Midterm exam (March 11th)
3. Written work
❍ Five-page paper due in class April 20th. Details about the assignment will be distributed and
discussed on February 11th. Please be aware that late papers will be penalized and all
papers must be turned in to pass the course.
❍ One-page article summaries due on February 23rd, April 8th, and May 4th.
4. Final examination, 8:00–11:00 AM, Monday, May 10
Grades:
Grades will be calculated by averaging your performances in the class discussions (20%) and on
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the papers (30%) and midterm (20%) and final (30%) examinations. As the material in the
course and the skills involved in understanding it are cumulative, your final grade will recognize
a marked improvement in your work in the course of the semester. Thus a poor grade on
the midterm may not prejudice a high grade for the term if your activity in discussions and your
final exam demonstrate a firm grasp of the material. More than three absences will be grounds for
a lower grade.
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