Baroque Art: Caravaggio to Bernini

Subject 670-344 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2009.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: 2.5 contact hours/week , 6 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Usually 12.5 points of first-year art history.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Contact

Charles Green

c.green@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview: This subject deals with painting. sculpture and architecture in Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands in the 17th century. The artists on whom most attention is focused include Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Annibale Carracci, Domenichino, Guido Reni, Bernini, Velazquez, Borromini and Poussin. It aims to give an introduction to the main issues to be found in the art historical literature on these artists, and so the subject deals with a wide range of questions and themes. These include colour and chiaroscuro; theory, practice, and the rise of academies; interpretation/iconography, gender, biography, and poststructuralist readings; art and culture.
Objectives:
  • have a broad understanding of the styles, techniques, and history of painting and sculpture in Italy, France and Spain in the period 1600-1750;
  • have developed a critical understanding of the basic principles of constructing the history of art in this period.
Assessment: A bibliographic exercise 10% (due during semester), a 2000 word essay 45% (due during semester), and a 2000 word take-home exam 45% (due during the examination period).
Prescribed Texts: A subject reader will be available
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Generic Skills:
  • be able to research through the competent use of the library and other information sources, and be able to define areas of inquiry and methods of research in the preparation of essays;
  • be able to conceptualise theoretical problems, form judgements and arguments and communicate critically, creatively and theoretically through essay writing, tutorial discussion and presentations;
  • be able to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion;
  • be able to manage and organise workloads for recommended reading, the completion of essays and assignments and examination revision;
  • be able to participate in team work through involvement in syndicate groups and group discussions.
Notes: Formerly available as 107-023 Baroque Art. Students who have completed 107-023 Baroque Art are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Art History
Art History Major
European Studies

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