ARH 332L (20180), EUS 347 (36470), RS

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1 ARH 332L (20180), EUS 347 (36470), RS 357 (43655) - Northern Renaissance Art, Fall 2017 Professor Jeffrey Smith Office: DFA 2.120; Hours: Wed and by appointment; office tel.: chipps@mail.utexas.edu Text: Jeffrey Smith, The Northern Renaissance (London, 2004 with later re-printings) available at UT Coop. (The readings are listed below as Smith plus page or chapter numbers.) Fine Arts Library Reserve: Among the books placed on reserve for our class is James Snyder (revised by Larry Silver and Henry Luttikhuizen), Northern Renaissance Art (2 nd rev. ed., Upper Saddle River, 2005) [N 6370 S6 2005]. This provides useful background on the artists (etc.) discussed in class. On-line reading assignments (= E-R): I have placed readings on the class Canvas website under Files. Find and click on the appropriate reading for a pdf copy. Remember if the pdf is sideways, you can rotate it with a right click of the mouse. On-line digital image reserve: Our class has a digital image reserve. You have two options for accessing the images. Click on: Or from the UT home page, go to Libraries, next Research Tools and click on databases. Go to D and click on DASE (Digital Archive Services). At the left side of the page, click on Public and Shared Sets. Scroll down and click on Smith, Jeffrey Northern Renaissance Art August 30 Introduction readings: Smith, Introduction and Chs. 1 and 3. September 1 Art and Daily Life in Germany 4 Labor Day no class 6 Albrecht Dürer readings: Smith, Chs. 4 (pp only), 6 (for background only), and 8; Smith, E-R Dürer, pp Albrecht Dürer readings: E-R William Martin Conway, The Writings of Albrecht Dürer (New York, 1958), pp , , and ; David Landau and Peter Parshall, The Renaissance Print: (New Haven, 1994), pp Albrecht Dürer Readings: E-R Smith, Dürer, pp Albrecht Dürer 15 Albrecht Dürer readings: E-R Corine Schleif, Albrecht Dürer between Agnes Frey and Willibald Pirckheimer, in The Essential Dürer, eds. Larry Silver and Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Philadelphia, 2010), pp Master Prints

2 Readings: E-R Gregory Jecmen, Color Printing and Tonal Etching: Innovative Techniques in the Imperial City, , in Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, , eds. Gregory Jecmen and Freyda Spira, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington (Farnham, 2012), pp Matthias Grünewald Readings: Smith, Ch. 7; E-R Andrée Hayum, "The Meaning and Function of the Isenheim Altarpiece: The Hospital Context Revisited," Art Bulletin, 59 (Dec. 1977), pp ; Horst Ziermann, Matthias Grünewald (Munich, 2001), pp , , , Matthias Grünewald 25 Matthias Grünewald 27 No class Prof. Smith in Iowa 29 No class Prof. Smith in Iowa October 2 German Sculpture Readings: E-R Michael Baxandall, The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany (New Haven, 1980), pp ; Julian Chapuis, ed., Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington (New Haven, 1999), pp Lucas Cranach Readings: E-R Gunnar Heydenreich, Lucas Cranach the Elder: Painting Materials, Techniques, and Workshop Practices (Amsterdam, 2007), pp ; Peter Parshall review of three Cranach books in Art Bulletin 91 (June 2009), pp Lucas Cranach 9 Luther, Iconoclasm, and the Protestant Reformation Readings: Smith, Ch. 11; E-R Joseph Koerner, The Reformation of the Image (Chicago, 2004), pp ( Ideas About the Thing, Not the Thing Itself ); B. Mangrum and G. Scavizzi, eds., A Reformation Debate (Toronto, 1991), pp (Johannes Eck, On Not Removing Images of Christ and the Saints ); Carl C. Christensen, Art and the Reformation in Germany (Athens, OH, 1979), pp The Luther Year 13 Test 1 16 Albrecht Altdorfer Readings: Smith, Ch. 10; E-R Larry Silver, "Forest Primeval: Albrecht Altdorfer and the German Wilderness Landscape, Simiolus, 13 (1983), pp Albrecht Altdorfer Readings: E-R Christopher Wood, Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape (London, 1993), pp , no class Prof. Smith in Germany 23 no class Prof. Smith in Germany 25 no class Prof. Smith in Germany 27 no class Prof. Smith in Germany 30 Hans Baldung Grien Readings: E-R Bodo Brinkmann with Berthold Hinz, Hexenlust und Sündenfall. Die seltsamen Phantasien des Hans Baldung Grien / Witches Lust

3 and the Fall of Man. The Strange Fantasies of Hans Baldung Grien, exh. cat., Frankfurt, Städel Museum (Petersberg, 2007), pp November 1 The Rise of Popular Imagery Readings: E-R Keith Moxey, Peasants, Warriors, and Wives: Popular Imagery in the Reformation (Chicago, 1989), pp ( The Battle of the Sexes and the World Upside Down ). 3 Hans Holbein the Younger Readings: Smith, Ch. 9; and E-R Christian Müller et alia, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years , exh. cat., Kunstmuseum, Basel (Munich, 2006), pp SEMESTER RESEARCH PAPER DUE 6 Hans Holbein the Younger Extra credit lecture. Prof. Corine Schleif (Arizona State University), 4 pm 8 Holbein in England Readings: Smith, Ch. 12, pp ; E-R Susan Foister, Holbein in England, exh. cat., Tate Britain (London, 2006), pp Francis I and Art at the French Court Readings: Smith, Ch. 12, pp ; E-R Henri Zerner, Renaissance Art in France (Paris, 2003), pp ; Rebecca Zorach, Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold: Abundance and Excess in the French Renaissance (Chicago, 2005), pp Francis I and Art at the French Court 15 The French Pleasure Palace 17 Netherlandish Art Readings: E-R William W. Robinson and Martha Wolff, The Function of Drawings in the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century, in: John Hand et alia, The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century, exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington (Washington, 1986), pp ; Alejandro Vergara, ed., Patinir: Essays and Critical Catalogue, exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Madrid, 2007), pp , , Netherlandish Art Readings: Smith, Ch. 12, pp ; E-R Dagmar Eichberger, ed., Women of Distinction: Margaret of York Margaret of Austria, exh. cat., Mechelen (Leuven, 2006), 26-28, 33, 48-56, ; Maryan W. Ainsworth, ed., Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart s Renaissance, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (New Haven, 2010), pp Thanksgiving Holiday 24 Thanksgiving Holiday 27 Netherlandish Art 29 Pieter Bruegel the Elder Readings: Smith, use the index to find the relevant pages for Bruegel; E-R Margaret Sullivan, Bruegel's Peasants: Art and Audience in the Northern Renaissance, New York, 1994, pp ("The Spectator and the World"); Nadine M. Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (New Haven, 2001), pp ( The Elusive Life of Pieter Bruegel the Elder ); Larry Silver, Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market (Philadelphia, 2006), pp December

4 1 Pieter Bruegel the Elder 4 Pieter Bruegel the Elder 6 Kunstkammers, Palaces, and the Art of Collecting Arthur MacGregor, Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century (New Haven, 2007), pp. 1-10; Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Albrecht Dürer as Collector, Renaissance Quarterly 64 (Spring 2011), pp Conclusions 11 Test II Grading Statement Students are expected to attend every class. Attendance will be taken. You are permitted three unexcused absences. Thereafter, your final grade will be lowered by five points for each additional absence. If you are having problems (academic, medical, family, etc.) that are affecting your participation and performance in our class, please let me know immediately. Do not wait until the final week of the semester. Test 1: 25% Test 2: 25% Five-page critical review of a reading: 10% Research Paper: 40% [Due November 3 rd.] The University of Texas grading system: A (4.00) = ; A- (3.67) = 90-93; B+ (3.33) = 87-89; B (3.00) = 84-86; B- (2.67) = 80-83; C+ (2.33) = 77-79; C (2.00) = 74-76; C- (1.67) = 70-73; D+ (1.33) = 67-69; D (1.00) = 64-66; D- (0.67) = 60-63; F (0.00) = 0-59 Academic Honesty: As students at the University of Texas, I expect the honesty and the highest ethical behavior. Any type of cheating, including plagiarism (which will be clearly defined for the writing assignments), will result in an immediate F in this class and, in some cases, expulsion from The University. Cheating is unfair to your fellow students, to the faculty member, and, ultimately, to yourself. If you are ever uncertain about this matter, please talk with me. Learning Differences and Disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides, upon request, appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at , TTY. Please inform me

5 privately, well in advance of any exam, if you have the official University paperwork, and I will accommodate your special needs. Helpful Books about Writing: Copies of the following are available in the Fine Arts Library. Any edition of these books should prove helpful as you think about writing. Sylvan Barnet, A Short Guide to Writing about Art (Upper Saddle River, NJ, th ed. and later editions) Anne D Alleva, Look! The Fundamentals of Art History (Upper Saddle River, NJ, rd ed. and later editions) Henry M. Sayre, Writing about Art (Upper Saddle River, NJ, th ed. and later editions). U.T. Copyright The materials used in this class, including, but not limited to, exams, quizzes, homework assignments, and digital image content are copyright protected works. Any unauthorized copying of the class materials is a violation of federal law and may result in disciplinary actions being taken against the student. Additionally, the sharing of class materials without the specific, express approval of the instructor may be a violation of the University's Student Honor Code and an act of academic dishonesty, which could result in further disciplinary action. This includes, among other things, uploading class materials to websites for the purpose of sharing those materials with other current or future students. Global Cultures Flag This course carries the Global Cultures flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one non-u.s. cultural group, past or present. VAPA Credit This class is about the art and culture of northern Europe during the Renaissance. It is inherently interdisciplinary since we have to address the reasons art was made, where it was placed, how it was used, and how it relates to broader historical developments. We look at the advent of the Protestant Reformation and how it affected art. What are the reasons for iconoclasm? How did the Catholics respond artistically? Printmaking made artists like Dürer famous across Europe while spreading ideas faster than ever before.