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111-434 Theories and Methodologies of Renaissance & Baroque Art

Year 4 Fine Arts.

Credit points: 16.7 4th year

Coordinator: Dr. Vivien Gaston.

Contact: Two hours of lectures, tutorials, or seminars a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

In addition to the above students completing this subject will

• have a developed understanding of the theory and methodologies specific to the visual arts
• analyse and articulate the application of these methodologies to Renaissance and Baroque art in particular
• explore the interaction of art history methodologies with those of other disciplines

Content:

A study of selected topics which focus on applied theoretical issues unique to the study of the visual arts, including iconography, social context, gender, connoisseurship, conservation, copies and fakes, science and art, artists' biographies and the role of drawing.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 6,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• E H Gombrich Norm and Form, Studies in the Art of the Renaissance, London 1966
• M. A Holly, Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History, Ithaca 1984
• J Shearman Only Connect . . Art and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance Princeton 1992

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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