6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4020929DEW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.
This course studies early modern visual culture, which is the end product as well as the mediator of different human fields of interest: political and social currents, philosophy, literature…. Visual culture exploded in Early Modern Times when the invention of printing unchained a knowledge culture with an unprecedented social and global reach, and redrew the image of man in the cosmos, in the world and of himself.
The course sets out to unravel early modern visual culture on the basis of case studies and from a multi-methodical perspective (iconography, material culture, gender, global art…). A critical reflection on the historical “image as source” stimulates a discussion on truth, manipulation and propaganda in today’s visual and mediatized culture. We focus on the Early Modern Low Countries in a European and global perspective, but subthemes may vary year to year. Sessions are conceived thematically (e.g. merchant networks, humanism, landscape and ecology…) and consider case-studies diachronically (within the Early Modern Period). Major artists are cited for reference, but we equally look at popular and anonymous visual art.
Digitized course material (PP’s by the lecturer) will be available on CANVAS.
The lecturer will provide an obligatory weekly reading assignment via the Canvas platform.
Each session (class) consists of approximately an hour lecture and an hour class discussion based on the weekly obligatory reading assignments introduced and presented in turn by students. Given the importance of class participation and discussion, presence is highly recommended.
It is possible that an excursion will result in moderate extra costs for the students that are not covered by the university.
1. The student has general knowledge and understanding of, and is able to reflect on the working and impact of visual culture in Early Modern Times
2. The student has knowledge and understanding of the debates in this field
3. The student can autonomously formulate a research topic and related research questions as pertaining to the study of early modern visual culture
4. The student reports orally and in writing on his/her research results
5. The student has the general skills necessary for this study domain, among them close observation and analytical looking, independent research including the use of art historical apparatus, the study and interpretation of sources; critical reflection on the literature of the field as formulated in relevant languages
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 50% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Assessment:
In addition
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: History (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Art History and Heritage Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Philosophy (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Arts and Humanities: Ethics and Humanism (only offered in Dutch)