Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

164FINE2011.Japanese art: the interactive dimension (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The course explores certain aspects of artistically defined environmental art, and its associated arts.This includes in particular architecture and garden art in the early and medieval periods of Japanesehistory, analysis of the nature of exhibitions of art, and exploration of tea-oriented environments andgardens. In all of these situations, it is proposed, a certain kind of audience participation is anticipated,inherent, or built into the overall structure. The course interrogates response to such environments,particularly in garden art, and examines the relevance of aesthetic codes, their social implications, andtheir myths, metaphysics, or philosophy.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2012.Italian Renaissance art (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course will examine the painting and sculpture of Italy from about 1300 to 1550. Beginning withGiotto's new approach to painting, the course will explore artistic developments in Italy throughout thisperiod, concluding with a study of the art of the High Renaissance. The impact of the Antique and theinterest in mathematics, characteristic of the Italian Renaissance, will be among the topics discussed.Assessment: 60% coursework, 40% examination.Prerequisite: FINE1001.FINE2013.Northern Renaissance art (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)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 century illuminatedmanuscripts and the subsequent development of the International Style. It will then consider Flemish15th century painting in some detail, concluding with a study of Flemish and German art of the 16thcentury.Assessment: 60% coursework, 40% examination.Prerequisite: FINE1001.FINE2014.Baroque art of Italy and Spain (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course will examine the art of the Mannerist and Baroque periods in Southern Europe from about1520 to 1700. The main attention will be placed on 17th century art in Italy and Spain. Particularattention will be given to discussion of the features of naturalism in Baroque art and the impact of theCounter-Reformation on the art of this region.Assessment: 60% coursework, 40% examination.Prerequisite: FINE1001.