Oxford University
Dürer to Bruegel: Northern Renaissance Art c.1480-1580
This course serves as a sequel to the course ‘Van Eyck to Memling: Northern Renaissance Art c.1430-1480’, but also stands as a self-contained course.| Length | 1 to 3 months |
| Effort | 10 hours per week |
| Price | £ 280 - £ 300 |
| Subject | Architecture, Design |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | None |
This course serves as a sequel to the course ‘Van Eyck to Memling: Northern Renaissance Art c.1430-1480’, but also stands as a self-contained course. The ten sessions explore the riches of Northern European art from c.1480-1580; artists including Dürer, Bosch, Holbein and Bruegel will be studied, as well as the prints and sculpture of the period.
Studies of Renaissance art from around 1480 tend to focus on Italy. This course will examine the contribution of Northern artists to this extraordinary period in European history, artists including Dürer, Bosch, Holbein and Bruegel. The development of printing in the north and the devastating impact of the Reformation, as well as the continuing involvement of civic and religious patrons and the intellectual impetus of humanism, provided both great challenges and great opportunities for artists. The changes created by the fusion of medieval artistic practices and Renaissance concerns makes the period a rich and exciting one. Following on from the course on Van Eyck to Memling: Northern Renaissance Art c.1430-1480, this course will explore the role that art played in the great cultural changes and developments between c.1480-1580, and the way that artists responded to these new challenges.
Studies of Renaissance art from around 1480 tend to focus on Italy. This course will examine the contribution of Northern artists to this extraordinary period in European history, artists including Dürer, Bosch, Holbein and Bruegel. The development of printing in the north and the devastating impact of the Reformation, as well as the continuing involvement of civic and religious patrons and the intellectual impetus of humanism, provided both great challenges and great opportunities for artists. The changes created by the fusion of medieval artistic practices and Renaissance concerns makes the period a rich and exciting one. Following on from the course on Van Eyck to Memling: Northern Renaissance Art c.1430-1480, this course will explore the role that art played in the great cultural changes and developments between c.1480-1580, and the way that artists responded to these new challenges.
What you'll learn
By the end of this course students will be able to understand:
a range of interests and uses of art in Northern Europe in the specified period.
the sense in which Northern art was part of ‘the Renaissance’.
the role of art and of the artist in Northern Europe at this time.
the way in which different materials and types of art reflect or express attitudes and values attributed to art in Northern Europe in this period.
By the end of this course students will have gained the ability to:
evaluate the art of the period according to objective methods.
identify a range of works of art and artists.
think about and verbalise their response to a range of art historical issues as they apply to this period.
Course syllabus
Unit 1: Art and Artists
Unit 2: Patronage
Unit 3: Portraiture
Unit 4: Private Devotion
Unit 5: The Materialisation of Faith
Unit 6: The Art of Dying
Unit 7: Prints
Unit 8: Beyond Craft
Unit 9: Nature and Human Nature
Unit 10: Art and Reformation
Unit 2: Patronage
Unit 3: Portraiture
Unit 4: Private Devotion
Unit 5: The Materialisation of Faith
Unit 6: The Art of Dying
Unit 7: Prints
Unit 8: Beyond Craft
Unit 9: Nature and Human Nature
Unit 10: Art and Reformation
Meet the instructors
Dr Victoria Mier