Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Overview of artistic productions of the 17th and 18th centuries in Western Europe (important examples, chronological milestones) and contextualization. Introduction to the analysis of monuments and works, and to their interpretation from a historical perspective.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to art in Western Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Basic introduction to analytical and interpretative methods in art history. Learning specific terminology.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The essential skills are those generally required for studies in History of Art and Archaeology (visual memory, for example) and for studies in a Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (a critical mind and ease in argumentation, and for foreign students: a sufficient knowledge of the French language).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See below.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Slide show presentation, to be completed by studying Claude MIGNOT and Daniel RABREAU, Temps modernes, XVe-XVIIIe siècles, Paris, Flammarion, 1996 (Rhétorique classique - L'époque des lumières).
Recommended or required readings
No syllabus. The table of contents, list of artists mentioned and various useful pieces of information are available on the "supports de cours" tab. Studying will also be based on the book mentioned above.
Written examination on the subject matter covered in class and on extracts of the book mentioned above.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Contact: by appointment on Tuesdays from 10.30am to 12pm (Prof. Dominique ALLART: D.Allart@uliege.be)
Student instructor: Margaux Muller (Margaux.Muller@student.uliege.be)