成人大片

Dr Lisa Mansfield
Office: Napier 511
Email: lisa.mansfield@adelaide.edu.au
Telephone: 83135755
Staff profile: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/lisa.mansfield

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:

1	Knowledge of the art and visual culture produced and commissioned by the major artists and patrons of the Northern Renaissance period of art history.
2	Understanding of key methods and theories pertinent to the study of Northern Renaissance art and visual culture.
3	Competent visual analysis skills for examining the formal elements of works of art.
4	Competent visual literacy skills for using images and objects as valuable forms of historical evidence.
5	Competent research skills for evaluating and synthesising scholarly perspectives in both primary and secondary sources.
6	The ability to work independently to meet timelines and cooperatively as part of small groups to solve art historical problems creatively.
7	Effective communication skills within the discipline of art history and related professional contexts.
8	Proficient use of appropriate contemporary technologies.
9	Commitment to an academically rigorous and reflective approach to learning, teaching and research, including intellectual honesty and respect.
10	Awareness of the ethical, social and cultural implications of art historical enquiry within a global context concerning research standards and practices of museums and galleries.

A Course Reader, containing the texts that need to be read prior to each tutorial discussion, will be available for purchase online. Login to Unified and click on the Online Shop icon in the left hand side of the Home page.

There is no textbook for this course. The following books offer useful surveys of Northern Renaissance art and visual culture:

Chipps Smith, Jeffery. The Northern Renaissance. London: Phaidon Press, 2004.

Nash, Susie. Northern Renaissance Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The course has a website, accessible through MyUni. Please consult it regularly for announcements, lecture recordings and images, and additional resources. Students are also encouraged to submit general questions about the course to the Discussion Board.

The University has access to a number of academic journals that have full text articles available online. To locate articles in these journals go to the Databases tab on the Barr Smith Library home page and click on Art History.

The following image databases should be used to search and study works of art required for assessment tasks: The Google Art Project, Artstor, World Gallery of Art (WGA), museum and gallery websites.

This course introduces fundamental methods and theories used in the Discipline of Art History. Lectures for the course are chronologically organised from 1400-1600 and focused on the application of key interpretative contexts for shedding light on the making and meaning of Northern Renaissance art and visual culture. This includes an introduction to a range of social, cultural, political, artistic (image and identity of artists, input of patrons, conservation and scientific analysis of material culture), religious (pre- and post-Reformation Europe), and economic interpretative perspectives in early modern Europe. The tutorials consist of case studies (on a key issue or idea) that complements the weekly content covered in lectures in terms of depth rather than breadth. Students are partnered with a tutorial discussion leader (or group of 3) at the beginning of semester and allocated a tutorial case study to prepare a joint presentation of the pertinent visual material and a review of the prescribed reading (in the course reader). The discussion leaders also need to complete additional reading for their particular case study and prepare a minimum of two questions to stimulate small and large group discussion about the weekly topic along with a collaborative statement to be posted on MyUni. Feedback is given to the students within one week of their tutorial presentation. The course also requires students to utilise or develop relevant IT skills, such as effective PowerPoint presentations for tutorial presentations as well as online and hard-copy image catalogues as part of the major research project in a virtual gallery on PowerPoint on MyUni.

The time commitment for this course is a standard minimum 156 hours over the semester. This includes 3 hours formal contact time attending lectures (2 hours per week) and tutorials (1 hour per week) on campus as well as individual study to complete reading, research and writing. Therefore, it is expected that students will spend three contact hours attending lecturers and tutorials on campus and a minimum of seven hours in individual study per week, though this may vary for individual circumstances. 

Schedule

Week	Lecture	Tutorial
Week 1	Northern Renaissance Art & Visual Culture Court art: the Dukes of Burgundy	No tutorial
Week 2	Artists & patrons (1400-1500) Artists & patrons (1500-1600)	Introduction to course
Week 3	Materials & techniques: panel painting & wood sculpture Materials & techniques: printmaking	TBA
Week 4	Art & religion: public altarpieces Art & religion: private devotional images	Miraculous childbirth
Week 5	Art & Reformation Art & iconoclasm	TBA
Week 6	Image & identity: portraiture (1400-1500) Image & identity: portraiture (1500-1600)	Portrait of a goldsmith
Week 7	From collaboration to individual genius Albrecht Dürer's changing view of himself	TBA
Week 8	Dürer as painter Dürer as printmaker	TBA
Week 9	The development of landscape imagery Scenes of daily life	The Garden of Earthly Delights
Week 10	The origins of still life painting Representations of the naked body	Cranach's women
Week 11	Death & disaster Big bad wolf: representations of monsters	Fears of flying & witchcraft
Week 12	From Northern Renaissance to Northern Baroque No lecture	TBA

Assessment Task	Value	Word Lenth	Due Date	Learning Objectives
Tutorial attendance	10%	Not applicable	Not applicable	1, 3, 5, 6
Collaborative tutorial presentation	10%	Weeks 4-11	Weeks 4-11	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Part A. Catalogue entry	30%	Due before mid-semester break	Due before mid-semester break	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Part B. Visual context	10%	Due after mid-semester break	Due after mid-semester break	1, 3, 4, 7
Part B. Exhibition catalogue	40%	Due week 14	Due week 14	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

All of the assessment components in 5.1 are considered 'hurdle requirements', and must be submitted in order to pass the course. No pass mark/grade will be given to any student who does not complete All of the above tasks.

Detailed instructions for all assessment components will be posted on MyUni.

Tutorial attendance
10%

Collaborative tutorial presentation
10 %
Week 4-11 (continuous)

Task description
You will be allocated a discussion leader partner/s (with no more than 3 in a group) in week 2 of semester (and no later than week 3) for topics in weeks 4-11. Discussion leaders are expected to:
· Submit a collaborative statement about the tutorial topic on the discussion board using a Wiki in MyUni at least one day before the tutorial (minimum 500 words)
· Prepare a group PowerPoint presentation for use in the tutorial
· Present an informed presentation on the image and subject of the reading addressing the following questions: · All three tasks are due for final submission one week after the tutorial

MY VIRTUAL GALLERY

Part A. Catalogue entry
30 %
1,000 words
Due before the mid-semester break
Task description
1) Search for a reproduction of one work of art (painting, sculpture or print) by a Northern Renaissance artist from the list posted on MyUni via the following databases: Google Art Project, Web Gallery of Art or ArtStor
2) Add this primary image to a PowerPoint presentation with the title 'My virtual gallery' to be submitted via the Journal on MyUni.
3) Write a 1,000 word visual analysis (catalogue entry) of your selected image focused on the three key areas of composition, style and iconography.

In addition to viewing the image (reproduction of your selected work of art) closely in books and online databases, you are permitted to use a small number of the suggest reference sources below to inform your work (and footnote these texts appropriately). All of these sources will be available on Reserve or in the Reference collection of the Barr Smith Library:

· D’Alleva, Anne, How to Write Art History, London: Laurence King Publishing, 2006
· Barnet, Sylvan, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010.
· Carr-Gomm, Sarah, Dictionary of Symbols in Art: the illustrated key to western painting and sculpture, London: Duncan Baird, 2000.
· Chilvers, Ian (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. [Also available electronically via the Barr Smith Library catalogue]
· Hall, James, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, Boulder: Westview Press, 2008. [Also available electronically via the Barr Smith library catalogue].
· Lucie-Smith, Edward, The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, London: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
· Murray, Peter and Linda Murray, The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists, London; New York: Penguin Books, 1989.
· Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, 2007. [Available electronically via the Barr Smith Library catalogue].

Part B. Constructing visual contexts
10%
500 words
Due after the mid-semester break

Task description
You are required to read about your artist and related artists (from the list of sources provided in a starter bibliography posted on MyUni). You should then pick a minimum of 6 comparative works of art (including at least two by your artist and two by other artists) and add them to your own virtual gallery PowerPoint. The additional images must include:

· At least one work of art by the same artist that you believe shows strong stylistic similarities to your primary image;
· At least one work by the same artist that you believe shows significant stylistic differences or changes from your primary image;
· At least two works by other artist(s) who you believe can be related in some fashion to your artist (or artists who worked around the same time and place as your artist, and may have had some influence on your artist, or who may have been influenced by your artist);
· At least two works that feature striking similarities in subject matter or theme with your primary image

While the nature of the comparative works you choose will depend entirely on your choice of primary image, they should all date within the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. Most of these comparative works will be from northern Europe, but you may also include one or two Italian Renaissance works of art for comparative reference. You should choose works of art that you believe will, by their similarities or differences to your primary image, help the viewer to understand:

· How your chosen work is related visually to other works by the same artist or works by related artists
· The nature of the work's subject matter, and the kind of meaning it conveys. Once you have placed the 6 comparative works in your folder, I will look at them, make suggestions, and possibly add a work or two for your consideration.
You are also required to submit a 500 word statement to explain the rationale for your selection of comparative works.

Part C. Exhibition catalogue essay
40%
Due in week 14
2,500 words

Your final project requires you to consider the feedback you have received for the preceding tasks in Parts A and B and if necessary adjust your choices of comparative works accordingly. You are then required to complete a final research project consisting of the following 6 components (and may integrate previously completed aspects of Part A and B as required):

1) Revised 1,000 word visual analysis of your primary image (addressing feedback received on Part A).

2) For each one of your 6 comparative works, write a brief explanation of why you chose each work, and how it is related to your primary image.

3) A list of the most important social, economic, religious, and political developments that occurred around the time your primary image was created. You should also consider which of these developments might have had a direct impact on what you can see in the work.

4) A list of events in the lives of the artist or patron (if known) of your primary image that might have had a direct impact on the work's existence or appearance.

5) A brief conclusion on the making and meaning of your primary image.

6) A bibliography of at least 10 scholarly sources (with no more than 2 of them web-based from the internet) that you consulted during your work on the project.

Please use footnotes or endnotes to acknowledge all sources (academic books, journal articles and websites) used to inform your research project. 

In addition to setting up a PowerPoint on a Journal on MyUni to develop your project over the semester, all written assignments (unless otherwise advised) are to be submitted electronically via MyUni only - this is a two-step process. The assignment needs to be electronically submitted for marking via the ‘Assignments’ link in the course menu. It then needs to be submitted separately to Turnitin, which is also done via the MyUni site.

You will be asked to acknowledge understanding of the policies on plagiarism when submitting, hence no cover sheet is required. You are not required to submit a hard-copy of your assignments to your tutor or the School office.

Essays must be submitted by the due date - the late submission penalty is 2% per working day. For example, if the research essay (40%) was awarded 80 and submitted three working days late, it would receive a 6% penalty and be awarded a mark of 74 (minus 6 marks).

Students wishing to apply for extensions of more than 2 days for assessment components worth more than 20% for reasons of health or compassion must submit the relevant form to the School of History & Politics office on level 4 of the Napier Building:  

Process
· Student submits documentation to the School at least 5 business days before the due date or within 5 days of the condition
· Student details are added to local school spreadsheet
· Coordinator signs form and records new extension date
· Office notifies student of new extension date
· Paperwork filed in office

All other extension requests for assessment tasks worth 20% or less must contact their tutor via email before the due date explaining why the extension is necessary and stipulating the period of extra time required. Requests over one week will require supporting documentation.

Extensions will not be granted retrospectively, except in medical emergencies or on the advice of the Disability Office.

Students registered with the Disability Office are exempt from the above extension processes, but must submit their Disability Action Plan (DAP) to the Course Coordinator before assessment components are due to discuss their specific requirements.

Feedback for all written work will be returned electronically or via hard copy as soon as possible (1-3 weeks for the tutorial and research essays respectively, and in week 6 the research essay plan and bibliography). The visual tests will not be returned. If you have any questions about the assessment of your work please contact the Course Coordinator.