Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Overview of artistic productions of the 17th and 18th centuries in Western Europe: important examples, chronological relationships, contextualization. Introduction to the analysis of monuments and works, and to their interpretation from a historical perspective.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to art in Western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Basic introduction to analytical and interpretative methods in art history. Learning specific terminology.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None, other than the general requirements for the study of History of Art and Archaeology and the abilities expected of a Master student in Philosophy and Letters (for foreign students: sufficient knowledge of the French language).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See below.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures illustrated with visual material, to be completed by studying : Claude MIGNOT and Daniel RABREAU, Temps modernes, XVe-XVIIIe siècles, Paris, Flammarion, 1996, pp. 277-535.
Recommended or required readings
No syllabus. The table of contents, list of artists mentioned and various useful pieces of information are available on the "suppports de cours" tab. Studying will also be based on the book mentioned above.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination on the subject matter covered in class and on extracts of the book mentioned above (see references to these extracts at http://www.schist.ulg.ac.be/cours.htm)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Meetings without appointment at the Service d'Histoire et Technologie des Arts plastiques des Temps modernes: Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 (Prof. Dominique Allart, course lecturer).