Objectives and competences

Objectives: Introduce students to key chapters in the history of fine art of the New Age. Provide content with examples that give a solid insight into the knowledge of the evolution of artistic creation between the Baroque and Art today. With selected topics, preparation and presentation of written (seminar) papers, stimulate interest in the study of resources and literature. Critically evaluate examples of specific (seminar) topics with the aim of deepening their knowledge of the essential marking qualities of an artwork and of understanding its meaning and influences within broader cultural flows. Competencies: The student will learn about the key chapters of the history of fine art of the New Age. They will gain insight into the key examples of the development of artistic creation between the Baroque and modern times. By preparing written works (seminar paper), he / she is able to study sources and literature, use analytical, comparative and interpretative methods of art evaluation. It is capable of sovereignly recognizing the essential marking qualities of a work of art, and their meaning can be seen within the wider cultural currents. He is able to use and develop a professional vocabulary, and by writing and presenting a written (seminar) assignment, he has acquired language competence.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Study contents cover key chapters of the history of fine arts from the Baroque to the present. Lectures and seminars take place in-depth presentations of examples from European and Slovenian art history. The cognitive focus is on understanding the currents and influences and their effects in the broader cultural and historical sense. Chapters Art of the New Age: - Baroque art in Italy and Spain, - Flemish and Holland Baroque art, - The Art of the Baroque in France and England, - Art of the Second Half of the 17th and 18th Centuries in Central Europe, - Rococo, - Neoclassicism, - Romanticism, - Realism, - Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, - Symbolism and Secession/ Art Nouveu, - Expressionism, - Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, constructivism, abstraction, - Art decco. - Art after 1945: Modernism, Postmodernism.

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures with ppt. projection; - seminars; - individual presentations of student seminar papers; - occasional tours of selected monuments in the field, in national and European museums and galleries.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Upon completion of the learning process, the student demonstrates an understanding and knowledge of key examples of the development of the fine arts of the New Age. He knows and has insight into key examples of the development of artistic creation between the Baroque and modern times. Independently analyzes, compares, interprets and evaluates selected works of art, interprets the essential marking qualities of works of art, their significance and influences in cultural flows. Use sources and literature to study and prepare written (seminar) papers and (final) papers. The knowledge is applied in study and work processes, in museum-gallery and pedagogical institutions.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

Horst Woldemar Janson: Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, 7. izd., New Jersey 2007. John Fleming, Hugh Honour: A world History of Art, London 2009. Ernst H. Gombrich: The Story of Art, London 1995. Umetnost. Svetovna zgodovina, (ur.) Irena Trenc Frelih: Ljubljana 2000. Rolf Toman (ur.) Baroque. Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Königswinter 2007 (izvirnik v nemškem jeziku: Barock: Architektur, Skulptur, Malerei). Jacek Debicki idr.: Zgodovina slikarske, kiparske in arhitekturne umetnosti, Ljubljana 1998. Ernst H. Gombrich: Spisi o umetnosti, Ljubljana 1990. Svetlana Alpers: Umetnost opisovanja. Holandska umetnost v 17. stoletju, Ljubljana 2017 Stephen F. Eisenman: Ninetheenth Century Art. A Critical History, London 1994. Georg Heard Hamilton: Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940, New Haven – London 1991. Norbert Lynton: Zgodba moderne umetnosti. Pregled likovne umetnosti 20. stoletja, Ljubljana 1994. Mathilde Ferrer (ur.): Skupine, gibanja, težnje v sodobni umetnosti od 1945, Ljubljana 2003. Nadja Zgonik (ur.): Pojmovnik slovenske umetnosti po letu 1945. Pojmi, gibanja, skupine, težnje, Ljubljana 2013. Tomaž Brejc (ur.): Slikarji o slikarstvu, Od Cézanna do Picassa, Ljubljana 1984. Dodatno literaturo bo nosilec določal sprotno v vsakoletnem učnem programu. Additional literature will be provided by the lecturer on an ongoing basis in the annual curriculum.

Prerequisits

A positively assessed seminar paper is a prerequisite for taking the oral exam.