In depth: early Renaissance
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Location: Keeley Street
- Course Code: VB464
- Dates: 01/10/24 - 10/12/24
- Time: 10:30 - 12:30
- Taught: Tue, Daytime
- Duration: 10 sessions (over 11 weeks)
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Julia Musgrave
Course Code: VB464
Duration: 10 sessions (over 11 weeks)
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What is the course about?
The study of Renaissance art is traditionally divided into three phases: Early, High, and Late Renaissance. The development of the Early Renaissance style is generally linked to Florence at the beginning of the 15th century, but in recent years the impact of the work of Flemish artists on Italian art has also come to be recognised. In this course, we will look at how ideas spread from Northern Italy and Western Europe and vice-versa.
This course looks at early Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy and northern Europe up until c.1450 by looking at selected artists and their work. It aims to place key artworks into their historical context, in order to appreciate their complex social, religious and political functions and to look at artist’s processes and techniques, and patronage.
What will we cover?
• The historical and cultural context of early Renaissance art in Italy and Northern Europe
• Patronage
• Early Renaissance techniques and materials.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
• Describe the historical and cultural context of early Renaissance
• List two key writers whose works helped spread Renaissance ideas
• Demonstrate an understanding of Renaissance techniques and materials
• Analyse key works and participate in discussions about them.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable for all levels.
You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught by lecture with slide images and you will be invited to participate in group discussion. There will be handouts provided by your tutor. However, they will also be available digitally via a Google Classroom. You will be invited to join the Google Classroom within a week of your course start date.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
You might wish to purchase a notebook for taking notes. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list provided.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
National Gallery
Art in 15th-century Siena
Hell, Heaven and Purgatory in the Middle Ages.
Julia Musgrave got her first degree in Chemical Engineering and went on become a Chartered Information Systems Engineer and IT project manager. In 2008 she decided that life was too short for just one career and decided to become an art historian. She has a Graduate Diploma in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art and an MLitt in ‘Art, Style and Design: Renaissance to Modernism, c.1450 – c.1930’ from the University of Glasgow. She gained her Ph.D. at the University of York for her research into the involvement of Roger Fry and the Bloomsbury Group and the social networks of the British art world in the development of the Contemporary Art Society from 1910 to 1939. She is Co-Director of the London Art Salon and an accredited Arts Society lecturer.
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