2012 13Level 3 handout - University College DublinIrish Medieval Art & Arch (Semester 2) AH30090 Northern Renaissance Art (Semester 1) AH-30420 Berlin (Semester 1) AH30290 Paris: Museum

1 Curricular information is subject to change – REVISED, 4 September 2012

School of Art History & Cultural Policy Information for Stage 2 [3rd Year] Students 2012-‐13

The aim of this culminating year is to build on the knowledge acquired thus far at a deeper level, through a combination of advanced lectures and small group seminars. Students will delve into complex issues of art historiography and enjoy challenging modules on specialised subjects. Many of our modules are restricted to Art History students only; a high level of attendance & participation is expected of our advanced students. Options include the opportunity to study abroad in Paris (AH30290). In general, all Art History majors & minors will take AH30010 Writings on Art (compulsory), select one seminar option out of four available, and choose from a selection of lecture modules to fulfil their remaining credit requirements. Students majoring in Art History also have the option of undertaking a semester-‐long dissertation (AH30080).

As the full range of choices on offer may seem complicated at first, students are referred to the flow charts at the end of this handout.

3rd Year CORE Module

This module is compulsory for (and only open to) all majors and minors.

AH30010 Writings on Art (Dr. Conor Lucey) Office J001-‐3. [email protected]

Semester 1 Lecture: Fri @ 12 pm in Th. N + Regular seminar taught by Dr. Lucey in room J004 – check the 3rd year noticeboard for details (students to sign up during first week of term): options are Fri @ 10, 11 am & 1 pm. More seminar slots may become available.

This module provides an overview of the principal trends in writing on art from antiquity to the 20th century. It thus builds upon the thematic modules undertaken in Levels 1 & 2, enabling students to place their cumulative experience in a methodological framework. Particular emphasis is placed on those approaches that characterise art history as a discrete academic discipline. Topics include formalism, connoisseurship, art criticism, Marxism, iconology and feminism. The way Western scholarship conceptualises and reflects on other artistic traditions will also be considered, with a case study provided. It aims to provide students with a theoretical and critical context for their final-‐year study of art history and to aid them in identifying the ideas that inform their own approaches to the subject. This lecture is supplemented by regular small-‐group seminars -‐ students will sign up for these seminars during the first week of class.

Paris, Musée du Louvre, View of sculptures in Cour Marly including Tony Cragg’s Manipulation, 2008 [part of the 2011 exhibition, Figure out/Figure in]


3rd Year SEMINAR Modules

Students wishing to take Art History as a minor or major are also required to take 1 (and only 1) of the following 4 seminar modules (only open to Art History students). Seminars consist of small-‐group, advanced studies in specialised topics.

AH30090 Northern Renaissance Art (Dr. John Loughman) Office J011. [email protected]

Semester 1 Tues & Thurs @ 10 am, J004

This module will trace the development of painting, sculpture and the visual arts in the Netherlands and Germany during the 15th and 16th centuries. The work of major practitioners such as Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel, Dürer and Holbein will be investigated in its socio-‐economic context. Among the issues to be addressed will be the function of art in devotional practice, the emergence of new genres, the communications revolution initiated by printmaking, the changing status of the artist, and the impact of the Reformation. This period also saw the increased commercialisaton of art with the public sale and serial production of paintings. We will also look at the changing art-‐historical perception of the relationship between Italian and Northern Renaissance art in the Renaissance era. AH30420 Berlin (Professor Kathleen James-‐Chakraborty)

Office J009. [email protected]

Semester 1 Tues @ 10 am in J109 & Thurs @ 10 am in F102

Since the middle of the 18th century, Berlin has been one of Europe’s chief capital cities; unlike most of its counterparts it was also for a time a major industrial centre. This module will explore the development of the city, its architecture, and its cultural infrastructure during these years, as well as their relationship to the political context of the time. AH30070 Irish Medieval Art & Architecture (Dr. Niamh NicGhabhann)

Office TBC. [email protected]

Semester 2 Mon @ 12 pm & Wed @ 11 pm in J004

This course aims to introduce the student to the complexities of Irish medieval art and architecture. It examines the range of art and architecture from early beginnings in the 4th century to the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the 16th century. The course begins in the 4th century with the formation of the Celtic Monastery and the development of art during this period through Insular Manuscripts, sculpture and metalwork. The formation of a Hiberno-‐Romanesque style is explored with Cormac's Chapel, Cashel at the centre of the discussion. The Cistercians introduce elements of French Gothic architecture during the so-‐called transition period from Romanesque to Gothic. The relationship and importance of English Gothic is examined in the Dublin Cathedrals as a new Gothic Style emerges at the end of the 12th century. The layout of the Medieval Irish Town is also explored with the position of the Cathedral as a consideration in town planning. The last phase is examined through late medieval monastic and secular architecture and the lecture series is concluded with a consideration of the effect of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. AH30410 Decorative Arts (Dr. Nicola Figgis)

Office J001-‐3. [email protected]

Semester 2 Tues & Thurs @ 10 am, J004

This module aims to give students an introduction to the Decorative Arts from the Jacobean, through the Georgian to the Victorian periods. Furniture, ceramics, silver, glass and textiles will be considered against a background of interior design as well as such socio-‐economic aspects as consumption and manufacture. It is envisaged that several sessions will be held at the National Museum of Ireland (Collins Barracks) and other venues within the Dublin area.

3rd Year LECTURE Modules

Students may choose from the following selection of lecture modules to fulfil credit requirements (minors select 2 or more; 50 credit majors 3 or more; 60 credit majors 4 or more). The Dissertation module also counts as an option for major students.

AH30100 The Grand Tour (Dr. Nicola Figgis) Office J001-‐3. [email protected]

Semester 1 Mon @ 12 pm & Wed @ 11 am – Th. N

This course will examine the expeditions of Irishmen to Italy in the 18th century. Amongst the topics to be covered will be the patronage and collecting activities of Grand Tourists like Joseph Leeson and Lord Charlemont. The work of Irish artists in


Italy, including Henry Trench, James Barry, Christopher Hewetson, Hugh Douglas Hamilton and Robert Fagan, will also be discussed. The course will also investigate the influence of the Grand Tour in Ireland and trace its effect on architecture, art, collecting and domestic ornament with particular reference to Castletown House, Co. Kildare, Russborough House, Co. Wicklow and the Casino at Marino. AH30030 Irish Art in the 20th Century (Dr. Roísín Kennedy)


Semester 1 Mon @ 4 pm & Wed @ 2 pm in Th. N

Visualizing Modern Ireland looks at the major developments in Irish art from political independence in 1922 to the emergence of the Celtic Tiger in the mid 1990s. These developments are set within the context of conflicting attitudes towards nationalism and modernism by the State, critics and artists. The course considers the role of official, corporate and private patronage, and the function of exhibition societies in the production and display of modern Irish art. It examines how Irish art has reflected the modernisation of Irish society and how it has contributed to and challenged notions of Irish cultural identity. The last section of the course focuses on key ways in which post 1970 Irish art has confronted the earlier tradition through the use of new media and new forms of practice. The content is delivered thematically – visual art in an Irish context; Catholicism and Irish art and internationalism; Irish art in the post-‐modern era. AH30340 18th Century Architecture (Dr. Conor Lucey)

Office J001-‐3. [email protected]

Semester 1 Tue @ 12 pm & Thu @ 11 am in NTh. 1 (BASEMENT of Arts Building)

This course examines eighteenth-‐century architecture in Great Britain and Ireland, with a special emphasis on domestic architecture and the decorative interior between 1660 and 1820. Key areas for examination will include the influence of continental Europe; the individual roles of patron, architect and artisan; the dissemination of architectural ideas through print cultures; the classical paradigm in its civic and domestic contexts; urban planning and the Georgian squares; the social, ideological and material history of ‘home’; representations of domestic space in literature and visual culture; and an investigation of the historical contexts in which these buildings are given meaning. AH30140 The Courts & Court Culture (Professor Kathleen James-‐Chakraborty)


Semester 2 Mon @ 4 pm & Wed @ 2 pm in Th. N

During the 16th and 17th centuries much of the most innovative art and architecture in Europe and Asia was produced in the major courts. From London to Kyoto, courts sponsored architecture intended to support their political power as well as painting, sculpture, and furnishings that sustained the impression of their magnificence. Focusing on the courts of Charles II in London, Philip IV in Spain, Louis XIV in Versailles, Cosimo de Medici in Florence, Urban VII in Rome, Sulieman in Istanbul, Shah Abbas in Isfahan, Shah Jahan in Delhi, Wanli in Beijing, and the imperial Japanese court in Kyoto during the Shoganate of Tokugawa Hidetada, this module will explore the ways in which the arts succeeded and failed to support these rulers and the impact of their production upon the emergence of modern consumer culture as well as the more general transformation of society.

AH30290 Paris: Museum Studies (Dr. Paula Murphy)

Office D413. [email protected]

Semester 2 Site visit to Paris date tbc and classes on Fri @ 12 pm in J004.

The city of Paris has one of the oldest and most comprehensive collections of art museums in the world and a rich display of public art. The module will explore the history of these museums, their architecture and collections and consider some key works of public art. Please note: this module includes a mandatory field trip to Paris in March. We will meet daily in the city to explore the museums and the public art works. Unfortunately there are no funds available to underwrite the cost of this trip; therefore students should be prepared to pay for their transport to Paris and for budget accommodation for the duration of the visit. Students must be present each day commencing at 10.00 am at a pre-‐arranged meeting place.

Modules cont.


3rd Year OPTIONAL Dissertation Module

The dissertation may be undertaken by 25 and 30 credit majors only.

AH30080 Dissertation (Dr. John Loughman) Office J011. [email protected]

Semester 2 Mon 3 pm, G109 (weeks 1 & 2 only)

This dissertation module provides an opportunity for final year art history students to research a subject of their choice under the supervision of one of the teaching staff. Students will be expected to identify an art historical topic which they would like to explore independently, which may be a subject from a previously taught module. The dissertaton is an exercise which will help to develop essential skills, including the study of written and visual sources and the ability to present argument cogently and summarise findings in a coherent manner. The will be an informal meeting in the autumn to discuss manual registration to this module.

NB. Students should be aware that individual lecturers will be assigned as supervisors. _____________________________________________________________________________

STAGE 2 (3rd YEAR) ART HISTORY 40 credit MINOR OPTION 2012-‐13

Students taking Art History as a minor should have built up a minimum of 20 credits in art history in second year. To fulfil their 40 credit minor, they need to build up their remaining 20 credits this year. This amounts to 4 modules worth 5 credits each. One of these modules has to be the compulsory Writings on Art Module. Another has to be 1 (and only 1) seminar module (there are 4 to choose from: Northern Renaissance Art, Cultures of Collection & Display, Irish Medieval Art & Architecture, Paris: Museum Studies). All other choices must come from the lecture modules on offer (20thc Irish Art,

Aspects of Sculpture, Art & Death, and The Age of Vermeer).

The following flow chart will help you choose your options:

The Writings on Art module is compulsory.

Students must then choose 1 (and only 1) of the four following seminar modules:

Students must then choose their remaining 2 modules from the following lecture modules:

You may also use your elective choices to pick up more than the required 2 lecture modules if you wish.

* Please note: AH30290 Paris: Museum Studies requires a mandatory, self-‐funded group field trip to Paris. Do ensure you are able to fully participate in this module before registration (see module description above).

AH30010 Writings on Art

(Semester 1)

AH30410 Decorative Arts

(Semester 2)

AH30070 Irish Medieval Art

& Arch (Semester 2)

AH30090 Northern

Renaissance Art (Semester 1)

AH-30420 Berlin

(Semester 1)

AH30290 Paris: Museum

Studies* (Sem 2)

AH30100 The Grand

Tour (Sem 1)

AH30140 Courts and

Court Culture (Sem 2)

AH30030 20th c. Irish

Art (Sem 1)

AH30340 18th c.

Architecture (Sem 1)


STAGE 2 (3rd YEAR) ART HISTORY

50 CREDIT MAJOR OPTION 2012-‐13

Students taking Art History as a 50 CREDIT JOINT MAJOR should have built up a minimum of 25 credits in art history in second year. They therefore need to build up their remaining 25 credits throughout this year. This amounts to 5 modules worth 5 credits each. One of these modules has to be the compulsory Writings on Art Module. Another has to be 1 (and only 1) seminar module (there are 4 to choose from: Northern Renaissance Art, Cultures of Collection & Display, Irish

Medieval Art & Architecture, Paris: Museum Studies). All other choices must come from the lecture / dissertation modules on offer (20thc Irish Art, Aspects of Sculpture, Art & Death, The Age of Vermeer and the Dissertation Module).




Students must then choose their remaining 3 modules from the following lecture/dissertation modules:

You may also use your elective choices to pick up more than the required 3 lecture/Dissertation modules if you wish (however no other additional seminar options may be selected).

* Please note: AH30290 Paris: Museum Studies requires a mandatory, self-‐funded group field trip to Paris. Do ensure you are able to fully participate in this module before registration (see module description).

+ Please note that if registration to the dissertation module (which runs in the spring) is full online, further places may be made available beforehand during the autumn term by arrangement.

AH30030 20th c.

Irish Art (Sem 2)


(Semester 1)

AH30080 Dissertation (majors only) (Sem 2) +


(Semester 2)


& Arch (Semester 2)

AH30090 Northern


AH-30420 Berlin

(Semester 1)

AH30100 The Grand

Tour (Sem 1)


Art (Sem 1)

AH30140 Courts and



Studies* (Sem 2)

AH30340 18th c.



STAGE 2 (3rd YEAR) ART HISTORY 60 CREDIT MAJOR OPTION 2012-‐13

Students taking Art History as a 60 CREDIT JOINT MAJOR should have built up a minimum of 30 credits in art history in

second year. They therefore need to build up their remaining 30 credits throughout this year. One of these modules has to be the compulsory Writings on Art Module. Another has to be 1 (and only 1) seminar module (there are 4 to choose from: Northern Renaissance Art, Cultures of Collection & Display, Irish Medieval Art & Architecture, Paris: Museum Studies). All

other choices must come from the lecture / dissertation modules on offer (20thc Irish Art, Aspects of Sculpture, Art & Death, The Age of Vermeer and the Dissertation Module).




Students must then choose their remaining 4 modules from the following lecture/dissertation modules:

You may also use your elective choices to pick up more than the required 4 lecture/Dissertation modules if you wish (however no other additional seminar options may be selected).

* Please note: AH30290 Paris: Museum Studies requires a mandatory, self-‐funded group field trip to Paris. Do ensure you are able to fully participate in this module before registration (see module description).

+ Please note that if registration to the dissertation module (which runs in the spring) is full online, further places may be made available beforehand during the autumn term by arrangement.

For general queries regarding level 3 please contact the level 3 coordinator:

please see the coordinator in their office hours or email to make an alternative appointment

semester 1 – Dr Conor Lucey – [email protected] semester 2 -‐ Dr. Paula Murphy – [email protected]

AH30030 20th c.

Irish Art (Sem 2)


(Semester 1)

AH30080 Dissertation (majors only) (Sem 2) +


(Semester 2)


& Arch (Semester 2)

AH30090 Northern


AH-30420 Berlin

(Semester 1)

AH30100 The Grand

Tour (Sem 1)


Art (Sem 1)

AH30140 Courts and



Studies* (Sem 2)

AH30340 18th c.


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2012 13Level 3 handout - University College DublinIrish Medieval Art & Arch (Semester 2) AH30090 Northern Renaissance Art (Semester 1) AH-30420 Berlin (Semester 1) AH30290 Paris: Museum