Caravaggio was one of the greatest artists of all time. He was also one of the most controversial. Nicolas Poussin once said of Caravaggio that he came into the world to destroy the art of painting. Artist, convicted murderer, and adventurer, Caravaggio was offensive and provocative in art as in life. His drunks and thugs impersonating saints set in Rome’s filthy alleys and seedy taverns shook the art world to the core. Caravaggio sneered at classicism and the canons held sacred since the Renaissance and chose to rely on natural observation instead. This course focuses on issues of style, content, and patronage to understand Caravaggio’s art and its deeper implications. Was his rejection of refinement a criticism of the excesses of the church? Was it an appeal by the embattled Roman church to the poor and underprivileged? Or was it simply a radical avant-garde statement for its own sake?
Caravaggio (HART 450)
2019 Spring
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
History of Art(HART)
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Bratislav Pantelic pantelic@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
HART311 HUM202
Formal lecture,Interactive lecture,Seminar
Interactive,Discussion based learning,Guided discovery,Case Study
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Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
Art Theory and Criticism Minor | * | ||
Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * | ||
Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * |
CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Upon completion of this course students should be able to: 1. comprehend the art scene around 1600: the Baroque and related trends from the historical and cultural perspective; 2. evaluate works of Caravaggio and related artists and identify them by author and subject; 3. understand the aesthetics and representational practice of the High Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque and related concepts such as classicism and naturalism. 4. understand the creative process of artists and the artistic techniques employed
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
Percentage (%) | |
Final | 45 |
Midterm | 25 |
Participation | 30 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
Readings |
Selected primary sources |