(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
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1042000-LEVEL COURSES<strong>The</strong> following courses are open to students in the second, third, and fourth <strong>year</strong>s <strong>of</strong> study.FINE2012.Italian Renaissance art (6 credits)This course will examine the painting and sculpture <strong>of</strong> Italy from about 1300 to 1550. Beginning withGiotto’s new approach to painting, the course will explore artistic developments in Italy throughoutthis period, concluding with a study <strong>of</strong> the art <strong>of</strong> the High Renaissance. <strong>The</strong> impact <strong>of</strong> the Antiqueand the interest in mathematics, characteristic <strong>of</strong> the Italian Renaissance, will be among the topicsdiscussed.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.FINE2013.Northern Renaissance art (6 credits)This course will examine the art produced in Flanders, France, and Germany between about 1300 and1550, focusing primarily on painting and printmaking. It will begin with early 14th centuryilluminated manuscripts and the subsequent development <strong>of</strong> the International Style. It will thenconsider Flemish 15th century painting in some detail, concluding with a study <strong>of</strong> Flemish andGerman art <strong>of</strong> the 16th century.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.FINE2020.American art (6 credits)This course surveys painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture in the United States fromEuropean settlement to 1945. <strong>The</strong> underlying theme is how art in the United States has helped projectvarious new ideologies and values associated with this young and unique nation. Issues to beconsidered in relation to art will include Protestant values, democracy, wilderness, racial conflict,capitalism, popular culture, and America’s gradual rise to power.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2025.<strong>The</strong> art <strong>of</strong> the Baroque (6 credits)This course will examine the art <strong>of</strong> the 17th century in Italy, Flanders, Spain, the Netherlands andFrance. <strong>The</strong> emphasis will be on painting, although sculpture will be studied as well. Particularattention will be given to the impact <strong>of</strong> the Counter Reformation, the features <strong>of</strong> Baroque naturalism,the use <strong>of</strong> allegory, and attitudes towards the antique by artists <strong>of</strong> this period.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.FINE2026.<strong>The</strong> age <strong>of</strong> revolution: Art in Europe, 1750-1840 (6 credits)This course examines the radical transformation in European art from the age <strong>of</strong> kings to the age <strong>of</strong>revolutions, c.1750-1840. Painting, sculpture, and printmaking will be discussed in relation to varioushistorical developments, including the decline <strong>of</strong> aristocratic culture and Christianity; the rise <strong>of</strong>science, industry, and democracy; and new, Romantic notions <strong>of</strong> nature, individuality, nationalism,and primitivism.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: One 1000-level Fine Arts course.
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