The course aims at introducing to the Flemish and the Dutch art history between the 15th and the 17th centuries: specific attention will be paid to both the artistic patronage and the cultural exchanges. The course provides the necessary means to have a correct reading of the Netherlandish painting in relation to, and sometimes in contrast with, the Italian art.

The Netherlandish art showed to have engaged in a deep and continuous dialogue Italian States since the 15th century, a dialogue which was strengthened in the 16th century. In effect, Flemish and Dutch artists often came to Italy to improve their know-how.

Below, the topics discussed during the lessons:

 1- The 15th century: the value of the artistic production in the Duchy of Burgundy. 2- The two Renaissances: Italy and Flandres. A comparison between styles and techniques: Masaccio and Masolino/Jan and Hubert van Eyck. 3- Local bourgeois and foreign merchants: interactions from North to South. Rogier van der Weyden/ Fra Angelico, Hugo van der Goes e and the Portinari Triptych by Uffizi. The Italian clients of Hans Memling.  4- Seminar: Leuven “de beste stad van Brabant”. The case of Dieric Bouts. 5- A Flemish artist in Urbino: Justus of Ghent and the Communion of the Apostles. 6- Hieronymus Bosch and Venice 7- The 16th century: Erasmus of Rotterdam, Quentin Metsys and Italy. 8- The age of religion wars. The Romanists (Jan Gossaert etc.) and the peculiar style of Pieter Bruegel the Elder 9- Baroque and Counter-Reformation. Utrecht Caravaggism and the birth of pictorial genres (Netherlandish landscape and still life: cause and development. The “Bamboccianti”. Other specializations). 10- Pieter Paul Rubens and Italy. Lights and shadows in Rembrandt’s art 11- The portrait painting: Frans Hals and Anton van Dyck 12- The genre painting and Jan Vermeer.

Basic knowledge of the most important events of the Italian art history between 15th and 17th century.

Student should actively demonstrate their knowledge of the most important artists and the major Flemish and Dutch works of art between 15th and 17th centuries. Moreover, during the oral exam, students should be able to apply their knowledge and critical understanding of the topics discussed during the lessons, especially those related to stylistic development, the patronage and the cultural exchanges.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures, image projections, videos and seminars.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory.

Course books

Limentani Virdis C., Introduzione alla pittura neerlandese, Padova: Liviana, 1978.

Torresan P., Il dipingere di Fiandra, La pittura neerlandese nella letteratura artistica italiana del Quattro e Cinquecento, Modena: Mucchi, 1981

Further bibliography and PowerPoint of the lessons will be provided.

Assessment

Oral exam.

The exam consists in few questions on the arguments dealt with in the course materials and during the lectures. The student shall show his knowledge of specific works of art, to be contextualized temporally and culturally. The student’s research skills will be also subject of evaluation.

They will give rise to very good evaluations (30 cum laude-27): the student’s possession of very good critical and in-depth skills, the ability to connect the topics dealt with and the use of an appropriate language. They will give rise to discrete evaluations (26-23): the student’s possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents, a relative critical capacity and connection between the themes dealt with. They will give rise to sufficient evaluations (22-18): the achievement of minimal knowledge on the subjects dealt with by the student, even if there are some training gaps, and the use of inappropriate language. They will give rise to negative evaluations: difficulty of orientation of the student with respect to the topics dealt with in the exam texts and training gaps.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Individual study.

Attendance

Those who will not attend the course have to contact the professor via e-mail to receive further bibliography.

Course books

Limentani Virdis C., Introduzione alla pittura neerlandese, Padova: Liviana, 1978.

Torresan P., Il dipingere di Fiandra, La pittura neerlandese nella letteratura artistica italiana del Quattro e Cinquecento, Modena: Mucchi, 1981.

Assessment

Oral exam.

The exam consists in few questions on the arguments dealt with in the course materials. The student shall show his knowledge of specific works of art, to be contextualized temporally and culturally. The student’s research skills will be also subject of evaluation.

They will give rise to very good evaluations (30 cum laude-27): the student’s possession of very good critical and in-depth skills, the ability to connect the topics dealt with and the use of an appropriate language. They will give rise to discrete evaluations (26-23): the student’s possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents, a relative critical capacity and connection between the themes dealt with. They will give rise to sufficient evaluations (22-18): the achievement of minimal knowledge on the subjects dealt with by the student, even if there are some training gaps, and the use of inappropriate language. They will give rise to negative evaluations: difficulty of orientation of the student with respect to the topics dealt with in the exam texts and training gaps.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.