DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS

Head of Department:

Professor J. T. BURKE, O.B.E., M.A. (Lend., Yale and lelb.) ORDINARY DEGREE

(Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section.) Group 5

SUBJECTS OFFERED:

Fine Arts I T and Fine Arts, A, B, C.

No external tuition is available in these subjects.

The major is Fine Arts A, B and C.

Fine Arts 1 T is intended for students who do not propose to proceed beyond First Year in Fine Arts. Students who have passed in Fine Arts I T and wish to proceed to a major in Fine Arts must obtain the permission of the Head of the Department of Fine Arts before making their enrolment; in such cases additional work will be prescribed.

46-1. FINE ARTS I T

This course is not normally recommended to students proceeding to a major, or honours course (see above).

A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.

Ni external enrolments are accepted in this subject.

SYLLABUS

A survey of the Western tradition in art up to the present day, with an intrодuс- tion on Pre-Hellenic Art. In the second and third terms, some of the lectures will be devoted to the study of works of art in the National Gallery of Victoria.

Students are required to submit written work and study visual material.

BOOKS

The following is a basic list. Fuller bibliographies will be supplied during the course. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.

(a) Preliminary reading and textbooks:

Gombrich, E. H. J.—The Story of Art. (Phaidon.)

*Janson, H. W.—A History of Art. ( Thames & Hudson.)

*Hoff, U.—Catalogue of European Paintings before 1800, National Gallery of Victoria, 2 vols. (1961.)

Hoff, U. ( ^ed. )—маѕіегріесеѕ of the National Gallery of Victoria. ( Cheshire, 1949.)

(b) Prescribed for reference:

*Iunay, P., and L.—A Dictionary of Art and Artists. (Pelican.) Pelican Нistоry of Art (for illustrations and text).

Propylaen Kunstgeschichte series (for illustrations; text in German)

.

Catalogue of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1948 and its appendices ( 1950 and 1954). To be used only for works not contained in the 1961 Catalogue or 1949 Masterpieces.

Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, vols. 1-12, 1945-58.

Annual Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, vol. 1- (1959-).

Wölfflin, H. Principles of Art History. (Dover.)

Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology (the introductory chapter). (O.U.P., 1939;

Harper Torch Books, 1962.) 70

*Clark,

K.—Landscape into Art.

(Pelican.)

*Pevsner, N.—An

Outline of European Architecture.

(Pelican.) Richter, G. M. A.—A

Handbook of Greek Art.

(Phaidon, 1959.)

Fry,

R Last Lectures.

(Sect. 1-5.) (Cambridge, 1939, Beacon Press, 1962.) Pevsner,

N.-Pioneers of Modern Design.

(Pelican.)

*Sypher,

W.—Art History—An Anthology of Modern Criticism.

(Vintage, 1963.) EXAMINATION

Two 3-hour written papers and a visual examination. The latter will be based on the illustrations in the relevant chapters of Janson's A

History of Art.

Written work as prescribed by the department.

46.. FINE

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ARTS A

A course of lectures averaging two per week, with one tutorial class, through- out the year, i.e. two lectures per week in first term, three per week in second term, and one per week in third term.

This is the course normally taken by students proceeding to

a

major, or honours course.

No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.

SYLLABUS

1. A survey of the . Western tradition in art up to the middle of the 18th century, with an introduction on pre-Hellenic art. In second term some of the lectures will be devoted to the study of works of art in the National Gallery of Victoria.

2. A study of the art and architecture of classical Rome.

Students are required to submit written work and to study visual material.

BOOKS

The following is a basic list only. Further bibliographies, particularly in the Classical Rome lectures, will be issued throughout the year.

(a) Preliminary reading and textbooks:

Gombrich, E. H. J.-The

Story of Art.

(Phaidon.)

*Janson, H. W.—A

History of

Art. (Thames & Hudson.)

*ноf,

U.—Catalogue of European Paintings before 1800, National Gallery of Victoria,

2 vols. (1961.)

Hoff,

U. Masterpieces of the National Gallery of Victoria. (Cheshire,

1949.) ' Rostovtzeff, 1.—Rome.

( Galaxy

Paperback, O.U.P., New York, 1960.)

*Grant,

1.—The World of Rome. ( Mentor,

N.Y., 1960.) (b) Prescribed for reference:

*Mun:ау, P., and

L.-A Dictionary of Art and Artists.

(Pelican.)

*Sypher, W. Art

History—An Anthology of Modern Criticism. (Vintage,

1963.) Fry,

R.—Last Lectures.

Sections' 1-5. ( Cambridge, 1939; Beacon Press, 1962.

*Panofsky,

E.—Leaning in the Visual Arts. ( Doubleday,

1955. )

or *Panofsky,

E.-Studies in I conology. ( О.U. Р .,

1939; Harper Torch Books, 1962.) Wölfflin,

H.—Principles of Art History.

(Dover.)

Seltman,

C.—Approach to Greek Art. ( Dutton,

1960. ) Richter, G. M.

A.-Handbook of Greek Art. ( Phaidon.)

*Carpenter, R.—Esthetic Basis of Greek Art. ( Indiana U.P. ) Carpenter,

R.—Greek Sculpture. (U.

of. Chicago Press, 1960.)

*Devambez,

P.—Greek

Painting. (The Contact History of Art Series.) Clark,

K.-The Nude.

(Pelican,)

Morey, C.

R. Early Christian Art. ( Princeton,

1953. ) Scranton, R. L.—Greek

Architecture.

(Prentice-Hall, 1962.) Richter, G. M.

A.—Three Critical Periods.

(Oxford, 1951.) Brown, F.

E.—Roman Architecture.

(Prentice-Hall, 1961.)

*Strong, D.

E.—Roman Imperial Sculpture.

(Tiranti, 1961.)

links,

R.—Greek and Roman Portrait Sculpture.

(British Museum.) To bee,

J. M.

C.—The

Art of the Romans.

(Thames & Hudson, 1965.)

White, J —Perspective

in Ancient Drawing and Painting.

(Hellenic Society, 1956.)

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FACULTY OF ARТS HANDBOOK

*Stenion, A.—Roman and Etruscan Painting. (The Contact History of Art Series.)

*Pevsner, N.—Outline of European Architecture. (Pelican.)

Great Ages of World Architecture series (for text and illustrations).

Pelican History of Art series (for text and illustrations).

Propylaen Kunstgeschichte series (for illustrations; text in German).

Publications of the National Gallery of Victoria. (As for Fine Arts IT above.) EXAMINATION

Two 3-hour written papers and a visual examination. The latter will largely be based on the illustrations in the relevant chapters of Janson's A History of Art.

Students qualifying for Honours may be required to take an oral examination.

Written work as prescribed by the department.

47. FINE ARTS B

A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.

No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.

Fine Arts В will be given in 1966 and alternate years.

Students who wish for good reasons to take this subject without having previously taken Fine Arts A must obtain the permission of the lecturer in charge of the subject and must undertake a course of preliminary reading prescribed by the Department.

SYLLAВUS

A study of the art of the Renaissance in Italy, with an introduction on Italian Medieval art. The tutorial class will be given mainly to the study of primary and written sources.

Students are required to submit written work.

BОOKS

Monographs and works of reference are not included here; sectional bibliographies will be issued through the year to supplement this basic list. Students are strongly recommended to acquire as much visual reference material as possible. Books which students will be permitted to take into the examination room are marked with a double asterisk: extracts from these books may also be used in the examination.

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

- *Ovid—Metamorphoses. ( Pelican or any other

ed.)

Huizinga, J.-The Waning of the Middle Ages. (Pelican.) Waddell, H.—The Wandering Scholars. (Pelican.)

*Panofsky, E.—Studies in Iconology (the introductory chapter). ( 0.U.P., 1939;

Harper Torch Books, 1962.)

*Panofsky, E.—Meaning in the Visual Arts (of which the introductory chapter only is identical with the above ) . ( Doubleday, 1955. )

Van der Meer and Mohrmana—Atlas of the Early Christian World. (Nelson,.

1959.)

The Cambridge Modern History, Vol. I (new ed.).

*Burckhardt, 3.—The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. ( Phaidon.) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:

Primary sources

**Holt, E. G.—A Documentary History of Art. 2 vols. ( Doubleday, 1958.) This is a new edition of Literary Sources of Art History. (Princeton, 1947.)

* *Ghiberti—Commentarii.

* *AlЬerti

—Теп

Books on Architecture. (Tiranti, 1955.)

**Alberti, L. B.—On Painting. (ed. J. R. Spencer, 1956, Routledge.)

**Vasad, G.—Lives of the roost eminent painters, sculptors and architects.

( Everyman Nos. 784-7, reprinted 1962, or at least a selected edition such as that edited by Betty Burroughs, Allen & Unwin, 1960. )

**Maclehose, L. S. (ed. )—Vasari: "On Technique". (Dover. )

**Ønardo—The Paragone.

(ed.

Richter, O.U.P.)

**Leonardo—Treatise on Painting. (Trans. and annotated by A. P. ^McIahon, Princeton, 1957 or any other edition.)

or MacCurdy--Тhe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.

or Richter, J. P.—The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci.

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Michelangelo—Poetry. ( Any edition.)

**Michelangelo—Letters. (The best edition is that of E. H.

Ramsden,

Peter Owen, 1963.)

Secondary sources

*Pãnofsky,

E.—Studies in Iconology. ( Harper

Torch Books, 1962.)

*Within,

H.—Classic Art. ( Phaidon.)

*Dewald, E.

Т.—Italian Painting, 1200-1600. ( Holt,

Rinehart & Winston, 1961.)

*Gould, C.—An

Introduction to Italian Renaissance Painting. (Phaidon.)

. White,

J.—The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space.

Pope-Hennessy,

J. Italian Gothic Sculpture. (Phaidon,

1958.) Pope-Hennessy,. J. Italian

Renaissance Sculpture.

(Phaidon, 1958.)

Pope-Hennessy,

I. Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture.

3

vols.

(Phaidon, 1963..)

Chastel,

A.—Art

et humanisme d Florence au temps de Laurent le Magnifique.

Panofsky, E.-Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art.

(2

vols.,

Copen- hagen, 1960.)

Wittkower.

R.—Architectural Principles in the Age of

^Нuтanism. (Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, and reprint by Tiranti. )

Friedltinder,

W.—Mannerism in Italian Painting.

( Columbia U.P., 1957.)

Studies in Western Art,

ed. Meiss, 1963,

vols.

1 and 2. (Princeton.)

*Kristeller, P.

O.—Renaissance Thought.

(Harper Torch Books. )

Schevill,

F.-Medieval and Renaissance Florence.

(Harper Torch Books.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers and a visual test to be taken earlier than the written papers.

Written work as prescribed by the Department.

48. FINE AНTS C

A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.

This subject is not available for external tuition.

Fine Arts C will be given in 1967 and alternate years.

Students wishing to take this subject without having previously taken Fine Arts A should consult the Fine Arts department about preliminary reading.

SYLLABUS

A study of European art (1750-1920) with special reference to Romanticism, Neo-classicism, Naturalism, Realism, Impressionism, and some 20th century trends.

Students are required to submit written work.

BOOKS

The following is a basic list only. Further bibliographies will be suppled throughout the year. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Goethe, J.

W.-Italian Journey.

(trs. W. H. Auden & E. Mayer, Lend., 1962.) Friedlander,

W. David to Delacroix. ( Harvard

U.P. )

Clark,

K.—The Gothic Revival. (Murray,

1962. )

The Cambridge Modern History,

Vol. X. ( New ed., C.U.P., 1960.) Pra;

M. The Romantic Agony. (Lend.,

1933.)

(b ) Prescribed textbooks:

Primary

Sources

*Holt, E.

G.—A Documentar History of Art,

Vol. 2, Part III. (Doubleday, 1958.)

*Reynolds, J.—Discourses, e

d.

Wark, R. R. ( Huntingtonn Library, 1959. )

*Delacroix,

E.—The Journals of

Еugène

Delacroix.

(

Phaidon,

1952.)

*Baudelaire, C. P.-The

Mirror

of

Art. ( Phaidon,

1955. ) Ruskin, 3.—The Seven

Lamps of Architecture, (Everyman.)

Mods,

W.—Selected Writings and Designs,

ed. Briggs, A. (Pelican, 1962.) Cézanne,

P.—Letters,

ed. Rewald, J. (London, 1941.)

Secondary Sources

*Novotny,

F.—Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780-1880.

(Penguin, 1960.) Summerson,

J. Architecture in Britain,

1530-1830. ( Penguin, 1953.)

Kaufmann,

E.—Architecture in the Age of Reason.

(Harvard, 1955.) 73

FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK

Вoase, T. S. R. English Art 1800-1870. (O.U.P., 1959.)

#Hitchcock, H. R. Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. (Penguin, 1958.)

Pevsner, N. Pioneers of Modern Design. (Museum of Mod. Art, N.Y., and Penguin, 1960.)

Rewald, J.—The History of Impressionism. (Mus. Mod. Art, N.Y., 1946.) Rewald, J. Post-Impressionism from Van Gogh to Gauguin. (Mus. Mod. Art,

N.Y., n.d.)

EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers and a visual examination.

Written work as prescribed by the Department.

HONOURS DEGREE