Undergraduate Courses - 2nd Year Courses

Entrance to the Level 2 courses is normally dependent on the successful completion of at least one of the first-year courses in History of Art. Students attend three one-hour lectures each week and a weekly seminar based on prepared topics or slides. There is a compulsory tutor-led fieldtrip to Edinburgh in HA2501.

HA2004 - Goths to Gothic: Roman to Renaissance

This course focuses on Western European art between 400 and 1500. It traces the repeated revivals of Classical culture and the sometimes subversive reactions against this tradition (from Christian and non-Christian perspectives). Topics covered will include Sutton Hoo, the Lindisfarne Gospels, pilgrimage, the Romanesque and Gothic Cathedral and Rosslyn Chapel. Discussion of Italian and Northern Renaissance art will include works from Van Eyck to Leonardo da Vinci.

Course Co-ordinator: Professor J Geddes

HA2005 - Making Masterpieces: Ten Works in Context

This course focuses on ten artistic masterpieces considered in their original and critical contexts. All the works considered have achieved fame or notoriety and have had a major impact on the history of art and culture. Works discussed may include the Bayeux Tapestry, Leonardo's Mona Lisa, Caravaggio's Calling of St Matthew, Courbet's Stonebreakers and Duchamp's Fountain.

Course Co-ordinator: Dr Tom Nichols

HA2502 - Renaissance and Baroque: From Michelangelo to Rembrandt

This course focuses on Renaissance and Baroque art both in Italy and Northern Europe. Issues addressed will include the dialogue between realism and classicism; the range of style and genres; the analysis of period styles. The impact of Humanism, democracy, the Counter Reformation and political absolutism will also be covered. Artists will include Michelangelo, Durer, Titian, Caravaggio, Velazquez, Rubens, Bernini and Vermeer.

Course Co-ordinator: Mr J Gash