KIE-34406 Art History in English, 3 cr
Additional information
When the course is over-subscribed, i.e., when more students register than can be admitted to the course, students are enrolled according to the target groups and the time of their registration. Students on the sign-up and waiting list must attend the first class meeting to secure a place on the course.
Will not be lectured year 2015-2016
Person responsible
Anni Karo, Timo Lepistö
-->Requirements
- 80% attendance - participation in class discussion and pair and group work - short, 5-minute oral group presentations and one 10-15 minute individual presentation - short writing assignments on assigned and self-chosen topics, and a final term paper
Learning Outcomes
After taking the course students - understand the general outlines, periods, and artistic movements of western art from Renaissance to early Impressionism - understand and use confidently in spoken and written discourse and analysis the technical and cultural-historical terminology related to the above - understand interrelations in the development of optical vision in art and modern technology - can analyze and express the above content in organized, structured, and formal spoken and written discourse
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Proto-Renaissance: Nicola Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, Giotto | Bonaventura Berlighieri, Duccio | Taddeo Gaddi, Simone Martini, the Lorengetti brothers |
| 2. | Early Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, del Verrocchio, Botticelli, Mantegna | Nanni di Banco, da Fabriano, Pollaiuolo | Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Ghirlandaio |
| 3. | High Renaissance and Mannerism: da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bellini, Titian | Giogione, Tintoretto, Veronese | Palladio, Guilio Romano |
| 4. | Northern European Renaissance: Campin, van Eyck, Bosch, Cranach the Elder, Gruenewald, Duerer, | Altdorfer, the Limbourg brothers, Holbein the Younger, Bruegel the Elder, El Greco | |
| 5. | Baroque: Bernini, Caravaggio, Velasquez, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer, Poussin, | Maderno, Artemisia Gentileschi, Claude Lorrain | Pozzo, "Little Dutch masters" |
| 6. | Rococo, 18th century: Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Chardin, Canaletto, Guardi | Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Greuze, | Vigee-Lebrun |
| 7. | Neoclassicism: David, Ingres | ||
| 8. | Romanticism: Jean Gros, Gericault, Delacroix | William Blake | |
| 9. | Realism: Goya, Gourbet, Daumier, Manet | Corot, Millet | The Pre-Raphaelites |
| 10. | Further individual and peer practice at presentation and academic writing skills |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
- attendance (80%), class participation, oral presentations, and in- and out-of-class assignments constitute 60% of the final grade - final term paper constitutes 40%
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Gardner's Art Through the Ages | Tansey & Kleiner | 0-15-501141-3 | No | ||
| Other online content | Art History, Khan Academy | http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history | No | |||
| Other online content | Web Gallery of Art, Frame version | http://www.wga.hu/index1.html | No | |||
| Other online content | No |
Additional information about prerequisites
This course is intended for students who have already passed their basic English requirements, Spoken Communication (KIE-32006, KIE-32066, KIE-32056, or KIE-32026) and Written Communication (KIE-33006) or English for Architects (KIE-32106).
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| KIE-34406 Art History in English, 3 cr | KIE-3356 Art History in English: Advanced Course, 3 cr |