| CODE | BST5005 | |||||||||
| TITLE | The Baroque Route 4: Painting | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History of Architecture | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The lectures in this study-unit are classified into two groups respectively concerned with early Baroque Painting in Italy, France and Northern Europe and late Baroque achievements in the later seventeenth and centuries focusing on Italy and Spain. The first group of lectures are to provide the necessary tools for a critical appreciation of Baroque Art History covering the major pictorial production in the early seventeenth century with particular emphasis on the Roman school. Early Baroque naturalism and classicism and the great fresco-cycles of High Baroque painting are discussed in depth. The second group of lectures focus on one of the happiest periods in European Art History with special but not exclusive emphasis on the Italian and Spanish scenarios. In this course of lectures, patronage patterns and the increasingly important role played by the Academies will be critically assessed. Lecture Titles Early Baroque Painting 1. The Artistic background 2. Caravaggio 3. The Lesson of Caravaggio 4. The Carracci family 5. The Bolognese Painters 1 6. The Bolognese Painters 2 7. Nicholas Poussin 1 8. Nicholas Poussin 2 9. Claude Lorrain 10. The Great Roman Fresco-Cycles 1 11. The Great Roman Fresco-Cycles 2 12. Rubens and Northern Europe 1 13 Rubens and Northern Europe 2 14. The French experience Baroque Painting in the Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 1. The Artistic background 2. Patronage Patterns and Network 3. The Art and Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church 1 4. The Art and Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church 2 5. Classicism and Academism 1 6. Classicism and Academism 2 7. The Roman experience 8. Northern Italy 9. Naples and South Italy 1 10. Naples and South Italy 2 11. The Spanish School of Seville: Velasqez, Zurbaran and Murillo 1 12. The Spanish School of Seville: Velasqez, Zurbaran and Murillo 2 13. The Spanish School of Seville: Velasqez, Zurbaran and Murillo 3 14. The Maltese scenario Study-unit Aims To promote a good working knowledge and understanding of painting in the Baroque age. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: have a good working knowledge and understanding of the subject matter, enabling him/her to pursue research work on any of the topics covered. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: acquire the necessary research skills for further study on the topics covered in the study-unit. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings To result from student research under the guidance of the lecturer/s concerned. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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