Time Schedule:
Christopher P Heuer
ART H 400
Seattle Campus
Courses on special topics, frequently by visiting faculty, which cannot be offered on a continuing basis. Consult art history office for subjects offered.
Class description
Autumn 2004, "Cultures and Societies of Print in Early Modern Europe" This course examines to the vast proliferation of printed material in Europe between 1450 and 1700. We will focus on the conceptual, social and economic facets of print communication as an aesthetic, and spend time in the University Special Collections (in Allen Library) and the Seattle Art Museum with works by Durer, Raimondi, Schedel, Bruegel, Altdorfer, Ortelius, Cock, van Leyden, Ghisi and Callot. Readings, will include selections from Chartier, Benjamin, Ong, McLuhan, Ivins, Latour, de Piles, Warburg, Damisch, and Koerner, among others.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
See above.
Recommended preparation
Some knowledge of French, Italian and/or German is helpful but not necessary. A reader will be available at the beginning of the quarter. In the meantime students may find the following texts a useful (but not obligatory) introduction: D. Landau and P. Parshall, The Renaissance Print 1470-1550 (New Haven, 1994) D. McKitterick, Print, manuscript and the search for oder, 1450-1830 (Cambridge, 2003).
Class assignments and grading
Participation in class discussion (30%). Students will also prepare a short writing assignment based on the weekly readings (30%) and, later in the quarter, submit a longer paper on an individual topic to be arranged (40%).
