Northern Renaissance Artin Brussels and Paris Sample Syllabus

ARTH 199F / 489F

Tentative Schedule

Day 1	12:00	Class meets at the Hotel in Brussels Room assignments Introduction to the course and requirements Introductory lecture
	17:30	Lecture over Visit of Grand Palace, Brussels
	19:30	Evening lecture for students without an Art History background

Day 2	8:30	Train to Antwerp: Fine Arts Museum Van den Berg Museum Cathedral (time permitting)
	14:30 - 17:30	Lecture at Hotel

Day 3	8:00	Train to Bruges: Groeningen Museum, Memlin Museum, Notre Dame, St. Sauveur & Town Square
	14:30	Train to Gent: St. Bavo (Mystical Lamb by van Eyck) Graslei & Museum of Fine Arts (Bosch)

Day 4	9:00	Visit of the Royal Library (?): Illuminated manuscripts The Sablon
	13:00 - 17:30	Lecture

Day 5	7:40	Eurostar train to Paris: Review sheets handed out on the train Drop bags at Hotel St. Severin, Notre Dame
	13:30 - 17:30	Ste Chapelle and Cluny Museum

Day 6	10:00 - 13:00	Louvre

	14:00 - 16:30	Unstructured museum visits
	18:00	Return to Brussels

Day 7	9:00	Visit to Museum of Ancient Art (Flemish)
	13:00 - 18:00	Lecture
	19:30 - 21:00	Review for exam (optional)

Day 8	9:30 - 10:30	Question period
	10:30 - 13:00	Examination Class is over

Lunches are 45 min. to 1 hour long.

Readings:

James Snyder: Northern Renaissance Art

Part I: Chap 2

Part II: Chap. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (sculpture only), 10-Memlinc & David;
                   11- Fouquet, René, Hey, Sculpture & Tapestry
                   12- Schongauer, Pacher, Grunewald
Part III: Chap. 13, 14-Altdorfer, 16
                    18- Metsys and Patinir
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The instructor can be reached at her home phone: 00 39 055 650 3515, or by email: l.obrien@tin.it

Hotels

All hotels will be reserved for you in Paris and Brussels. Hotels TBA.

Helpful Hints

Clothing—layers and a raincoat and small umbrella
We walk a lot—comfortable shoes
Clipboard for taking notes in the museums and in situ lectures
Reading light
A little overnight bag for Paris—we can leave all our luggage in Brussels
Student card—available from your UMUC-Europe field representative

Requirements for the Art History Field Study Courses

Classes begin at 12:00 on Day 1, and are held in the Hotel. The name of the hotel along with location and telephone numbers will be sent to the students who have enrolled. Rooms have been reserved for everyone on a double occupancy basis. If you have special requirements, or you will be arriving the night before or staying an extra night after the end of the class, please contact the instructor. All rooms have bathrooms, and continental breakfast is included.

During an introductory lecture, the final schedule, maps, and history outlines will be given out and class requirements will be discussed with the students.

Grading: The final grade is based upon the following calculation:

	Upper Level	Lower Level
student journal	25%	35%
final examination	40%	55%
research paper	25%	no paper required
class participation	10%	10%

The journal will help students to organise the various museum visits and fieldtrips, encompassing architecture, sculpture and painting. Unfortunately, the various art works cannot always be seen in chronological order, so the students may wish to use a binder with loose-leaf papers so that they can organise their journal on a day-by-day basis or in chronological order. The journal will involve the identification of art works and a discussion of them—the artist, period, purpose, etc. It can be presented at the end of the class or sent later within the deadline.

The examination will last 2½ - 3 hours and will be on the last day of class. It will include slide identification, short questions and a choice of essay questions. The essay questions concern themes discussed throughout the course; for example, the social status of the artist, influences between painting and sculpture, the development of landscape painting etc. There will be a review the day before the exam.

For upper level students only, the research paper must be typewritten, include a bibliography and footnotes. The student will be able to choose from a number of subjects. The instructor will provide a small reference library to help students with their research.