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1 ARH 333L (20240); EUS 347 (36290); and RS 357 (43660) - The Age of Rembrandt and Rubens: Northern Baroque Art Fall 2016 Professor Jeffrey Smith MWF 9-10; DFA Office: DFA Hours: Wednesday 10:00-12:00 or by appointment. Contact: ; chipps@austin.utexas.edu Texts: 1) Kristin Belkin, Rubens [available from the University Coop] 2) Seymour Slive, Dutch Painting [available from the University Coop] 3) Readings files. UT E-Reserves (instructions will be given in class) Fine Arts Library Reserves: I have placed numerous books on reserve for our class in the Fine Arts Library. This includes copies of the books by Belkin and Slive. See the list posted on Canvas. These books offer excellent sources as you begin to research your semester paper. On-line digital image reserve: Our class has a digital image reserve, which will be helpful as you prepare for the tests. You have two options for accessing the images. Go to the class Canvas site s external links and click on ocache=1. 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 The Age of Rembrandt and Rubens. Course description and goals: This class is about the art and culture of northern Europe during the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. 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, such as the exploration of the non-european world and its impact on the arts. Religion was hotly contested. Different Christian groups disagreed, sometime violently, with the role and use of religious art. This prompted the rise of new artistic specializations, especially in portraiture and secular subjects. - Critical Thinking Skills: We analyze a limited number of artists and monuments very thoroughly. This teaches the students how to look at and assess works in diverse media (painting, manuscript, sculpture, prints, architecture, etc.). How were these works made? Who ordered them and why? Where were they displayed? What were the reactions to them and their subsequent receptions? - Communication Skills: The students address the works in class discussions. The students write a 10 to 12-page paper in which over a two month period they research an approved topic, learn how to develop a thesis and then write a compelling, well-argued

2 paper. These papers are assessed for their research skills, content, and the quality of the writing. - Teamwork: These discussions and debate in class are designed to both reach consensus as a group about issues that have multiple, complex aspects, but to also provide a venue in which students can incorporate feedback from their fellow students that will become essential in the development of their research paper. August 24 Introduction [Slive, pp. 1-6; E-Reserves Readings Hans Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture, , pp. 1-10; Mariët Westermann, A Worldly Art: The Dutch Republic , pp ( Making and Marketing Pictures in the Dutch Republic )] 26 Late Sixteenth Century Mannerism From Prague to Haarlem [Slive, pp. 7-18; E-Reserves Readings Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture, , pp , ; Clifford Ackley, Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, pp. 2-15] 29 No class. 31 No class. September 2 No class. Prof. Smith will be in Germany during the second and third weeks of class. Please look at one or both of the following streaming videos to provide some background on Rubens, his Flemish colleagues, and the influence of Caravaggio. Rubens and Caravaggio. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014] A Kanopy streaming video Rubens, Van Dyck, & the 17th century Flemish painters [videorecording] / produced by Studio Quart, Moscow, Russia ; international production by Sandra Carter Productions, Inc. and Quartet International, Inc. Alexander Street Press [Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia] 5 Labor Day. No class. 7 No class. 9 No class. 12 Rubens 1 [Belkin read all by September 15; E-Reserves Readings Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture, , pp ] 14 Rubens 2 16 Rubens 3 19 Rubens 4

3 21 Rubens 5 23 Jordaens and van Dyck [E-Reserves Readings Arthur Wheelock, The Search for The Central Orb : Van Dyck and His Historical Reputation, in: Wheelock et al., Anthony van Dyck, pp ; Susan Barnes, The Young van Dyck and Rubens, ibid., pp ; Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture, , pp , , ] 26 Van Dyck in England 1 [E-Reserves Readings - Oliver Millar, Van Dyck in London, in Wheelock et al., Anthony van Dyck, 53-58] 28 Van Dyck in England 2 30 The Utrecht School 1 [Slive, pp ; E-Reserves Readings Westermann, A Worldly Art, pp ( Dutch Ideologies and Nascent National Identity ); Hessel Miedema, The Appreciation of Paintings around 1600, in: Ger Luijten et al., Dawn of the Golden Age: Northern Netherlandish Art, , pp ] October 3 The Utrecht School 2 5 Hals 1 [Slive, pp and ] 7 Hals 2 10 Dutch Genre Scenes [Slive, pp ; E-Reserves Readings Els Kloek, The Case of Judith Leyster: Exception or Paradigm? in: James Welu et al., Judith Leyster, pp ] 12 Test 1 14 Rembrandt 1 [Slive, pp ; E-Reserves Readings Josua Bruyn et al., A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol. 2, pp (A51 The Anatomy Less of Dr. Nicolas Tulp); Svetlana Alpers, Rembrandt s Enterprise, pp ( Introduction and Master s Touch )] 17 Rembrandt 2 19 Rembrandt 3 21 Rembrandt 4 24 Rembrandt 5 [Slive, pp ] [extra credit: 4 pm lecture on Rembrandt by Prof. Stephanie Dickey (Queen s University)] 26 Art and the Natural World [Slive, pp , ] 28 Fabritius and the Delft School [Slive, pp and ] 31 Vermeer 1 [Slive, pp ] November 2 No class. 4 Vermeer 2 ***** Semester Paper Due ***** 7 Vermeer 3 9 Jan Steen and later Genre Painters 1

4 [Slive, pp ] 11 Jan Steen and later Genre Painters 2 14 French Baroque Art - 1 [E-Reserves Gerald van der Kemp, Versailles (2 plans of Versailles) together with Anthony Blunt, Art and Architecturein France (5 th revised ed. Richard Beresford), pp , , ] 16 French Baroque Art French Baroque Art Versailles and the Art of Power 1 23 No class. Thanksgiving break. 25 No class. Thanksgiving break. 28 Versailles and the Art of Power 2 30 Global Baroque December 2 Conclusions 5 Test 2 Grading Test 1 30% Test 2 30% Paper 40% - This will be a 10 page research assignment. Due on 4 November. Attendance is required. You may have four unexcused absences. For each additional absence, your final grade will be lowered by an additional 5 points. If you need to be absent of medical reasons, family emergencies, or recognized religious holidays, please let me know in advance. 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 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:

5 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 privately, well in advance of any exam, if you have the official University paperwork, and I will accommodate your special needs. 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. University Writing Center: For information on the center, whose basic services are free for undergraduates, see Located at the UT Learning Commons at Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL 2.330). For appointments, call or register online. 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.

ARTH 345 Fall 2018 The Age of Rembrandt: Northern European Art in the 17 th Century MW 3-4:15 Art and Design 2026

ARTH 345 Fall 2018 The Age of Rembrandt: Northern European Art in the 17 th Century MW 3-4:15 Art and Design 2026 Instructor: Email: Office: Office Hours: Prof. Angela Ho aho5@gmu.edu Robinson B334 Monday