MIDTERM

Please remember that the dates in your syllabus are INCORRECT. The midterm for this class is March 8, 11 am in our regular class location. Instructions for studying will be given in class next week.  They will also be posted on the blog tomorrow.

Here is the schedule, including readings, for the next couple of weeks:

6.    March 1              Portraits and Identity – Northern Renaissance

Cases: Durer and Holbein

* midterm participation grades distributed
* REQUIRED READINGS:
o Barnet, Chapter 10, “Some Critical Approaches,” 220-245.
o “Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.”. In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/euwl/ht08euwl.htm (October 2002)
o “Florence in the Early Renaissance,” SmartHistory, http://smarthistory.org/Florence.html
o “Flanders,” SmartHistory, http://smarthistory.org/Flanders.html#
o “A Comparison Between the Northern and Italian Renaissance,” SmartHistory, http://smarthistory.org/1400-1500-Renaissance-in-Italy-and-the-North.html
o “High Renaissance,”SmartHistory, http://smarthistory.org/High-Renaissance.html
o “1500-1600: The End of the Renaissance and the Reformation,” SmartHistory, http://smarthistory.org/1500-1600-End-of-the-Renaissance-and-the-Reformation.html

7.    March 8             Methods of Interpretation – Northern Renaissance

Case: The Arnolfini Portrait

* Midterm test, in lecture

* Listen to ALL of “Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait,” http://smarthistory.org/Van-Eyck.html

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