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080056 PS The Visual Culture of pre-Reformation England and the Early Tudor patronage (2009W)

Die englische Kunst des Spätmittelalters und die Patronage der frühen Tudor-Könige (m./n.K.)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 15.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 22.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 29.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 05.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 12.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 19.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 26.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 03.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 10.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 17.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 07.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 14.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 21.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Thursday 28.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The nighttime theft and destruction of a rood in the church of Dovercourt
in Essex and the public burning of a miracle-working cross in Boxley in
Kent are two examples of the reformatory attacks on religious imagery
which from the second and third decade of the sixteenth century
participate in bringing about a fundamental change in the spiritual life
and visual culture of England. The cult of well-established saints, such
as Thomas Becket, was outlawed, his precious reliquary chest destroyed and
his images as well as references to his name erased. The assault on
tradition religion also led to the dissolution of the monasteries. The
aims and motivations framing the destruction of images, can only be fully
understood by considering their original function and their role in
popular devotion. The course aims to be an introduction into late medieval
religious art in England by discussing works of art in different media; it
then looks at the partial attack of this visual culture during the
Reformation. However, this phase of destruction of religious imagery, runs
parallel to a very prosperous time of art patronage at the early Tudor
court, commissioning artists like Hans Holbein or the Renaissance sculptor
Pietro Torrigiano. This will form the second focus of our course

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentations, one essay and discussion in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the course is to provide a profound understanding of how to develop arthistorical questions, and how to present them both in an oral and a written form. The course is focussed on a critical and independent analysis of a work of art. To further the knowledge of arthistorical methods texts shall be read at home and in class. Tutorials provide an introduction into scholarly writing and citations.

Examination topics

Reading list

Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England c. 1400-c. 1580, New Haven 1992.
Zur Einführung:
Cécile Dupeaux/ Gabriele Keck, Bildersturm. Ausst. Kat. Bern, München 2000.
David Starkey/ Susan Doran, Henry VIII: Man and monarch, Ausst. Kat. London, London 2009.

Association in the course directory

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