Admission requirements
Sufficient proficiency in English.
Description
The Low Countries have made a rich contribution to art history with well-known artists and movements. The lectures of this thematic course on Dutch painting offer an overview of the visual arts from the 15th century to the present covering the characteristics of important moments in art history placing it in the context of Netherlandish culture and history. It covers Flemish Primitives (such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden), important 16th-century painters (e.g. Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel), and famous painters from the so-called ‘Dutch Golden Age’, esp. Rembrandt, Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael and Vermeer with an emphasis on developments in style, function and meaning of their paintings. Furthermore, the course discusses the many faces of modernism in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries focusing on Vincent van Gogh and Piet Mondrian.
Program
Classes in Lipsius 101
13 September, 13h15-15h Introduction
20 September, 13h15-15h Jan van Eyck
27 September, 13h15-15h Rogier van der Weyden
4 October, 13h15-15h Hieronymus Bosch
11 October, 13h15-15h Pieter Bruegel
18 October, 13h15-15h Follow-up class – recap, Q&A, mock-up exam questions
25 October, 13h15-15h Introduction 17th-century Dutch Painting
8 November, 13h15-15h Genres
15 November, 13h15-15h Genres
22 November, 13h15-15h Rembrandt
29 November, 13h15-15h Van Gogh
6 December, 13h15-15h Mondrian
13 December, 13h15-15h Follow-up class – recap, Q&A, mock-up exam questions
20 December, 12h-14h Exam, Lipsius - 0.02 / Lipsius - 0.03
19 January, 12h-14h Resit exam, Lipsius - 0.19
Events to attend
5 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 Museum Talk: Maps, Navigating and Manipulating by Martijn Storms, Academy building (Telders auditory)
25 October 2023, 18:00 - 19:00 Museum Talk: Art between the Ruins, Sandra Smets (guest curator at Boijmans van Beuningen), Lipsius 0.28
If a student cannot make it to one these Museum Talks, they should inform us with a valid reason. Contact s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Course objectives
The course offers an overview of artistic developments from 1400 up to and including the 20th century, as well as various academic approaches to the visual arts. Students will acquire skills in recognizing differences in style and artistic developments. Moreover, it provides insight into the cultural and historical contexts in which Netherlandish art flourished.
Timetable
See My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lectures
Assessment method
Assessment and Weighing
The course has an in-person exam, consisting of a few painting analyses and a few questions focused on your insight knowledge regarding the developments of style and characteristics of movements and works by famous artists. The answers need to be based on the lectures; other course material available on Brightspace can be helpful. The mark for the exam should be at least 6.
Resit
There is a resit for the exam in January; you can see when on MyTimetable.
A mark for the resit lower than 6 means a fail for the whole course. Student will have to do the course again and pass both parts in the following year.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
- See Brightspace
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
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Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats
Remarks
Not applicable.