Arts History and Contemporary Cultural Practices

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент менеджмента

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course allows you to combine a questioning and critical approach to the historical study of art. Given that the meaning and understanding of ‘art’ or ‘culture’ change over time, you'll learn about the history of the various artistic practices. The course is conducted at the Hermitage (in lecture rooms of the Hermitage Youth Center and at museum expositions) and is dedicated to the architecture of the Hermitage building complex and the history of the world’s masterpiece collections accumulated in one of the biggest museums in the world.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce students to the essence of the art history, in particular of Western European art
• To introduce students to the history one of the world’s largest museums, the Hermitage and its core collections

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to use the means of cognition in the field of culture to increase the level of intellectual and cultural development, professional competence.
• Know and be able to understand Western European art
• Know and understand the architecture of the Hermitage and its core collections

Course Contents

• Architecture of the Hermitage. The Winter Palace. Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage.
• The Hermitage. History of the collections. The Hermitage today and its branches in Russia and abroad.
• Renaissance Art. Baroque. Classicism.
• The Hermitage Picture Gallery. Italy. Renaissance. Mannerism. Baroque.
• The Hermitage Picture Gallery. Dutch and Flemish art. The art of the old France.
• Sculpture at the Hermitage. Ancient art. Neoclassicism.
• Architecture of the General Staff Building. Restauration and reconstruction.
• General Staff Building. XIXth century art. French art of the late XIX and early XX centuries. Collections of Shchukin and Morozov.
• Costume. Costume Gallery at The Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center. The route of open storage.

Assessment Elements

• Test 1
  The test is dedicated to the history of the Hermitage, its buildings, collections and the general history of art.
• Test 2
  The test is dedicated to the Hermitage collection of old European paintings and sculptures.
• Interim colloquium
  The colloquium is focused on the General Staff Building collections. The students will be asked to compose a story (oral answer) about works of the 19th-20th century with accordance to the task picked out during the colloquium and with the addition of one piece of art of their choice. The story must contain facts about the artist, the work. The originality of the approach to building the logic of the whole story is especially noted.
• Exam (project)
  Students in groups will complete a project as a final assignment in the form of a presentation.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.4 * Exam (project) + 0.3 * Interim colloquium + 0.15 * Test 1 + 0.15 * Test 2

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Laura Perdew. (2015). History of Art. Essential Library.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Rosenthal, E., Rosenthal, D., & Esplund, L. (2013). Contemporary Art in the Light of History. Arcade.