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Academic Year 2000/2001

Typology in Renaissance Art
ARHA 321 FA

This seminar will investigate the structuring of artistic content by means of types, such as the altarpiece, and within the types, subcategories, such as the saint's altarpiece or the narrative altarpiece. The concern of the seminar will be not just to isolate viable typologies from c.1300 to c.1600, but to see whether they determined style and to chart their changes over time.

MAJOR READINGS

Peter Humphrey, THE ALTARPIECE IN THE RENAISSANCE David Freedberg, THE POWER OF IMAGES

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Final paper and classroom presentation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: ARHA220 OR CCIV221 OR ARHA222 OR ARHA224 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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