This course offers students the exciting opportunity to study Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical art, design and architecture on site in Europe. The course will provide an insight into life at court and the images and objects that defined the courtly aesthetic of princes of the church and princes of the state. It will take in many of the great masterpieces of the early-modern period, providing students with a life-changing experience and a path way to further study of European cultural history.
Students will only be permitted to travel upon completion of ANU required documentation, including,
where required, the travel to a high risk destination form and the approval of all documentation by the relevant
delegate.
Disclaimer: Applicants are advised that due to circumstances beyond the University's control (for
example, specific international security concerns and international health crises) it may not be possible for
students to commence or complete Art of the European Courts. An alternative lesson plan will be arranged by the School of Art to fulfill the course requirements.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon Successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe and analyse the continuities and changes in
European court culture from 1500 to 1815.
- Demonstrate an understanding of changes in European art
and visual culture that reflect changes in society and the theories and
methodologies of art production.
- Research and access information on the visual culture of
the European Courts.
- Speak about and write on the visual culture of the European Courts.
Indicative Assessment
Preliminary paper on European Court culture, 2000 words (20%) (LO2, 3, and 4)
Reflective journal, 1500 words (20%) (LO2, 3, & 4)
Spatial analysis of a building, garden, palace gallery or church, 1500 words (25%) (LO3, & 4);
Research essay, 4000 words (35%) (LO1, 2, 3, & 4)
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Workload
This course will be a two-week in-country intensive with 12 full days of teaching and site visits over a period of 14 days (90 hours contact). Students will be required to engage in list of preparatory readings and exercises prior to the trip (70 hours), with the main assessments handed in four weeks after they return home (100 hours).
Requisite and Incompatibility
Preliminary Reading
John Adamson, The Princely Courts of Europe 1500-1750 (London; Seven Dials, 2000); Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Court, Cloister, and City: The Art and Culture of Central Europe. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1995.Brown, Jonathan. Kings & Connoisseurs: Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
Duindam, Jeroen. Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe’s Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Harrison, Charles, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger (eds.), Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas. London; Wiley-Blackwell, 2001.
Levey, Michael. Painting at Court. New York University Press, 1971.
Wittkower, Rudolf. Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Volumes 1-3: Fourth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican History). 4th ed. Yale University Press, 1999.
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $5208 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $7152 |
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Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6747 | 08 Aug 2016 | 08 Aug 2016 | 26 Aug 2016 | 04 Nov 2016 | In Person | N/A |
