Unit Code:	ARH2BAA
Alternative Unit Code:	ARH3BAA
Unit Short Title:	ART AND PASSION IN THE BAROQUE
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	In the seventeenth century, Caravaggio and Annibale Caracci brought about a profound revolution in painting at the beginning of the century by means of greatly increased naturalism, illusionism and dramatic use of light and shade. The subject explores the nature of this revolution through the work of Caravaggio, the Caracci, Bernini, Borromini, Guido Reni, Velazquez and others. It interrogates the links between visual images, scientific discoveries and spirituality during the period.
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first-year art history or co-ordinator's approval
Class Requirements:	one 3-hour lecture per week.
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
2000-word essay	30
1-hour class test	40
2,000-word essay	30	Third-year students will be expected to display a higher level of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	The genius of Rome 1592-1623	Brown, B.L.	Royal Academy of Arts 2001
Recommended	Art and architecture in Italy 1600-1750	Wittkower, R.	Harmondsworth 1973
Recommended	Roman Baroque sculpture. The industry of art	Montagu, J.	Yale University Press 1989
Recommended	Altarpieces and their viewers in the churches of Rome from Caravagio to Guido Reni,	Jones, P.	Ashgate 2008
Recommended	Caravaggio	Puglisi, C.	Phaidon 1998

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Lisa	Beaven	BUNDOORA	Y