Professor of Humanities
Truman College
Box 122
1145 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Phone: 773/ 907-4055
Secretary: Kim Rivers
Room 3522
Phone 773/ 907-4062
Art 10312th-13th century Burgundian and Berrichon Architecture and Sculpture: 1. Sculpture from the Basilica of the Madeleine at Vézelay, 12th century 2. Sculpture from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazar at Autun by Gislebertus, about 1135 3. The Cathedral of Saint-Etienne at Bourges, after 1160, (tympanum, 13th century) 14th century Burgundian Sculpture: 4. The Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy begun in 1385 by Jean de Marville, continued by Claus Sluter who made most of it and completed by Claus Werve in 1410. Dijon (France): originally in the Champmol, currently in the Salle des Gardes of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy (part of the Musée des beaux- arts) 14th and 15th century French and Netherlandish Illuminated Manuscripts: 5. Jacquemard de Hesdin Saint John in the Wilderness, from the Little Hours of John, Duke of Berry, about 1385. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France 6. Boucicaut Master The Visitation, from the Boucicaut Hours, 1409. Paris: Musée
Jacquemart-André 7. Workshop of Jan van Eyck The Birth of John the Baptist, from the Very Beautiful Hours of the Duke of Berry, about 1422. Turin (Italy): Civic Museum 8. The Limbourg Brothers February, from the Very Rich Hours of John, Duke of Berry, 1416. Chantilly (France): Musée Condé 15th Century Painting: Netherlandish and Italian Masters: 9. The Master of Flémalle The Nativity. Dijon: musée des beaux-arts 10. Jan van Eyck (d. 1441) The Ghent Altarpiece (The Adoration of the Mystical Lamb), 1432. Ghent (Belgium): Cathedral of St. Bavo - formerly St. John - originally in the Vijd Chapel. The Virgin and Child with Saint Donatian, Saint George, and the Canon
van der Paele. Brügge (Belgium): Groeninge Museum 11. Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464) The Descent from the Cross. Madrid: Museum of the Prado 12. Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479) Saint Jerome in his Study. London: National Gallery of Art 13. Hugo van der Goes (1440-1482) The Portinari Altarpiece. Florence: Uffizi 14. Hieronymous Bosch (d. 1516) The Hay Wain. Madrid: Museum of the Prado 16th Century painting, engraving, and woodcuts: German and Italian Masters: 15. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vitruvian Man. Venice: Academia. 16. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Engraving: Saint Jerome in his Study. Chicago: Art Institute 17. Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1533) Adam and Eve. Chicago: Art Institute 18. Hans Holbein, the Younger (1497-1543) Portrait of Erasmus. Paris: musée du Louvre 19. Michelangelo Caravaggio (1569-1609) Basket of Fruit. Milan: Pinacoteca Ambrosiana 16th Century Brussels Tapestry: 20. David and Bathsheba, about 1510. Ecouen (France): musée national de la renaissance 16th Century Bressane Architecture (Flamboyant Gothic) and Sculpture: 21. The Church of Brou and the Tombs of Margaret of Savoy and Philibert le beau. Bourg-en-Bresse (France) 17th Century French Decorative Painting: 22. A selection from the musée Carnavelet (Paris). 17th Century Painting: French, Spanish and Dutch Masters: 23. Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) The Dream of Saint Joseph. Nantes: musée des beaux-arts 24. Still Life. Paris: musée du Louvre 25. Louis Le Nain (d. 1648) Peasant Family. Paris: musée du Louvre 26. Frans Hals (1580-1666) Civic Guard of St. Hadian at Haarlem. Haarlem: Frans Hals Museum 27. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Self-Portrait. The Hague: Mauritshuis 28. Philippe de Champagne (1602-1674) Portrait of Charles Coiffier. Paris: musée du Louvre 29. Diego Velásquez (1599-1660) Portrait of Juan de Pareja. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 30. Johannes Vermeer van Delft (1632-1675) Woman with a Water Jug. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art Goals and objectives: This course has five official goals. They are listed here in no particular order. The course also has the tacit goals of getting you to study about a hundred works of visual art drawn from painting, drawing, engraving, woodcuts, sculpture, and architecture, and to understand how images can be used to affect our sense of the world and to convey concepts and ideas. To gain confidence in using visual evidence to interpret images of all sorts To demonstrate how values and concepts can be incorporated into visual art. To be able to use the concepts of subject matter, technique, style and purpose to interpret and understand works of visual art To gain greater understanding of the specific concepts of painting operating in Europe between approximately 1400 and approximately 1675 To improve written and oral expression. |