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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course examines the extraordinary efflorescence of Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical visual culture in Europe from 1660 to 1815. We will study the dynamic and changing face of religious and secular images, objects, buildings, and monuments from this period to learn about an age of fervent religious devotion, and the pursuit of pleasure, power, riches, and glory. This course also encourages students to look beyond Europe to investigate how religious missions, ambassadorial visits, and trade between East and West led to a shared fascination with the arts of the foreign other throughout this period.
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 1, 4, 5
Object analysis, 1000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5
Research essay, 2000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Visual test
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Contact hours may include visits to major art institutions in Canberra. Other Information This course makes an excellent companion to ARTV2050 Renaissance and Baroque Art.
None Preliminary Reading Blunt, Anthony. Art and Architecture in France: 1500-1700. London, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1999. Crow, Thomas E. Painters and Public Life in Eighteenth-century Paris. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. Warnke, Martin. The court artist: on the ancestry of the modern artist. Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Wittkower, Rudolf. Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Volumes 1-3: Fourth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican History). 4th ed. Yale University Press, 1999.