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Steven E Bunn
ART H 309
Seattle Campus
Topics vary.
Class description
Autumn 2006, "Northern Baroque Art"
This course explores the world of northern European artists of the Baroque era, with an emphasis on Flemish and Dutch painters of the seventeenth century. The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens will be our guide to the rich artistic heritage of the southern Netherlands, which includes, among others, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Art of the Dutch Republic will provide another focal point. In addition to important works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Vermeer of Delft, examples of portraiture, genre, still-life, and landscape demonstrate the variety of artistic expression produced during the Dutch "Golden Age". Such specializations, in fact, are found in both the northern and southern Netherlands during the seventeenth-century, and we will consider the ways these and other artistic forms were shared and interpreted by major artists of the period.
Three books are required and available at the University Bookstore:
Belkin, Kristin Lohse, Rubens, Phaidon, 1998.
Westermann, Mariët, A Worldly Art: the Dutch Republic, 1585-1718, Harry Abrams, 1996.
Wölfflin, Heinrich, Principles Of Art History, Dover Publications, 1950 (1929).
Additional readings will also be assigned.
The following two books are not required, although they include some of the additional readings and both are richly illustrated with most of the images we will be studying. Copies are on reserve in the Art Library, and required readings from each will also be available from the course reserves (see syllabus for more information).
Slive, Seymour, Dutch Painting, 1600-1800, Yale University Press, 1998 (paperback).
Vlieghe, Hans, Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700, Yale University Press, 2004 (paperback).
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Either ART H 202 (Survey of Western Art-Medieval and Renaissance) or ART H 203 (Survey of Western Art-Modern) will be helpful, but are not required.
Class assignments and grading
Written work; midterm and final examinations.
