Course Syllabus YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2011

European Art History: Baroque Art and Architecture

CREDIT INSTRUCTOR Lucia Pigozzo

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[COURSE INFORMATION]

COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS

Baroque art was created in Rome roughly at the beginning of XVII century, and then spread

to Europe and South America. A bit “rhetorical”, its main aim was to create astonishment in

the viewer, to produce admiration for the Catholic Church.

This course will take a trip around different geographic areas, starting in Rome and Italy to

highlight different aspects and characteristics of baroque art related to cultural and local

diversities.

First we will discuss the Council of Trent, whose short and rather inexplicit passages

concerning religious images had a great impact on the development of Catholic art.

By the end of this course, students will be able to develop an awareness of the great vitality

and creativity of baroque art, even though the Church and absolute monarchs imposed

specific and rather rigid rules.

PREREQUISITE none

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Lessons will be based on visual material shown by the instructor. This is the reason why personal notes are very important for quizzes and exams. Class participation is strongly encouraged. Attendance is mandatory. Students are expected to memorize some of the images shown. Images required will be even available on the text book.

GRADING POLICY

4 Quizzes (25 %);

mid term exam (25%);

final exam (30%);

Class participation, attendance (20%)

Course Syllabus YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2011

TEXTS & REFERENCES

§ Personal notes

§ P. J.E. DAVIES. Janson’s History of Art, The Western tradition, seventh edition, 2007, pp.

587-781

§ N. PEVSNER An Outline of European Architecture, any edition.

Suggested readings:

§ R. WITTKOVER Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Vols. 1-3 Fourth Edition (Yale

University Press Pelican History of Art Series).

§ F.HASKELL, Patrons and Painters, A Study in the Relations between Italian Art and

Society in the Age of the Baroque, Yale University Press.

§ S. ALPERS, Art of describing. Dutch Art in Seventeenth Century, University of Chicago

Press.

INSTRUCTOR’S PROFILE

She started lecturing in 1998 for the University of California study center in Padua and since than she mainly studies XIV century venetian and paduan art and iconography. Recently she has even been enrolled in the Italian Ministero dei Beni Culturali staff.

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WEEK (PERIOD) WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS COURSE MATERIAL & ASSIGNMENTS

REFERENCE

1 (06.27 ~ 07.01)

Protestant Reformation and Western Christianity division _

The Council of Trent, and the new rules in creating art _

The independence of Venice from an artistic point of

view_(Paolo Veronese and his position in front of the

Inquisition with the Levi’s Dinner) The Church of St

George and Palladio.

Quiz one

2 (07.04 ~ 07.08)

The changing look of Rome while changing the century: architecture, sculture, painting. (Carracci, Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini, urbanistic changes) few notes on music.

Quiz two

Course Syllabus YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2011

WEEK (PERIOD) WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS COURSE MATERIAL & ASSIGNMENTS

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3 (07.11 ~ 07.15)

Baroque art in Spain and Portugal (el Escorial and Changes in Madrid, Vanvitelli at Caserta, Baroque architecture in Latin America). Baroque sculpture in Valladolid and Seville: Alonso Berruguete and Juan de Junì.. Still life painting: Sanchez Cotan. Velasquez in Madrid and Seville.

Mid-term

4 (07.18 ~ 07.22)

Baroque in Germany and some Italian Cities: Baroque in Italian cities (Turin, Syracuse, Palermo, Lecce). The Baroque art in Venice (Baldassarre Longhena). From Turin to Germany: The Poppelman’s Zwinger at Dresda and Vierzenheilingen by Balthasar Neumann.

Quiz three

5 (07.25 ~ 07.29)

The Baroque in Flandres, Holland, France and England: Rembrandt, Rubens, Franz Halls, Vermeer. Baroque architecture in England from Inigo Jones to Sir Christopher Wren. The Palace of Versailles.

Quiz four

6 (08.01 ~ 08.04)

Lastly, Baroque Rococo art: Watteau and the French Court. Giovan Battista Tiepolo in Venice, Wurtzburg and Madrid. The wooden sculpture of Brustolon. The Painting of Sebastiano Ricci, Rosalba Carriera. Canaletto and the Veduta Painting..

Final exam