DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS

Head of Department:

Professor J. Т. BURKE, О.В.Е., М

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(Lind., Yale and Me1b. )

ORDINARY DEGREE

( Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section. ) Group 1(b)

The major is Fine Arts . A, B, C, and the sub-major Fine Arts _A followed by either Fine Arts B. or Fine Arts C. Students who have taken Fine Arts A before 1958 should preferably take Fine Arts C as the second part of a sub-major or in a combined Fine Arts/History major. Students who have taken Fine Arts В, or C, before 1958 should preferably take Fine Arts B as the second part of a sub-major or in a combined Fine Arts/History major.

Approved majors combining Fine Arts and History are set out on p. 31.

46. FINE ARTS A

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

This subject is not available for external tuition.

Fine Arts A will be given every year. Although this subject is a self-contained course it is also a desirable preparation for Fine Arts B and/or Fine Arts C.

SYLLAВUs

A survey of the Western tradition in Art up to the present day, with an introduc- tion on Pre-Hellenic Art.

Students are required to submit written work.

BOOKS

The following is a basic list. Further bibliographies will be supplied through- out the year. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

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

either *Robb, D. M., and Garrison, J. 3.—Art in the Western World. (Harper.) or *Gardner, Helen—Art Through the Ages. ( Lend., G. Bell. )

(b) Prescribed textbooks:

Wolli in, H. Principles of Art History. (Dover.)

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

1939.)

or Panofsky, E. Meaning in the Visual Arts ( 1st and 2nd chs). (Doubleday, 1955. )

*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. )

*Berenson, B.—The Italian Painters of the Renaissance. ( Oxford, 1932;

Phaidon, 1952, with illus. )

Fry, R.—Last Lectures. (Sect. 1-5.) (Cambridge, 1939.)

Pevsner, N. Pioneers of Modern Design. (N.Y. Museum of Modern Art. ) (c) Prescribed for reference:

Рторуlaeп Kunstgeschichte series (for illustrations).

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

*Murray, P. and L.—A Dictionary of Art and Artists. (Pelican.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers and a visual examination of 1 hour.

47. FINE ARTS

B

A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year,• , This subject is not available for external tuition.

Fine Arts В will be given in 1964 and alternate years.

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

SYLLABUS

A study of the art of the Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy, with an introduc- tion on Italian medieval art. The tutorial class will be mainly given to the study of primary source material.

Students are required to submit written work:

BOOKS

The following is only a basic list. Further references, especially to illustrative material and monographs, will be supplied throughout the year. Students are re- commended to buy the books marked with an asterisk and as many as possible of the relevant volumes in the series.

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(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

*Ovid—Metamorphoses. ( Pelican

or any other ed. )

*Huizinga,

J.—The Waning of the Middle Ages. ( Pelican.)

Waddell,

1.—The Wandering Scholars. ( Pelican. )

'Panofsky,

E: Studies

in

I conology

( the introductory chapter ). ( 0.U.P., 1939.) Also contained

in *Meaning in the Visual Arts. ( Doubleday,

1955.) Morey, C. R. Early

Christian Art. (Princeton,

1953. ) .

The Cambridge Modern

History, Vol. I ( new ed. ).

*Burckhardt,

J.-The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. (Phaido

ń

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(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.)

*Alberti, L. B.—On

Painting. (ed.

J. R. Spencer, 1956, Routledge. )

*Vasari,

G.—Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects.

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

*Maclehose, L. S. (

ed. )—

Vasari:

"On Technique". ( Dover. )

*Leonardo—The

Paragone. (ed.

Richter, О.U.Р. )

Leonardo—Treatise

on Painting.

. (Trans. and annotated by

A. P.

McMahon, Princeton, 1957. )

Secondary sources

.

*WölØin,

H.—Classic Art. (Phaidon.)

*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.)

Chastel, A.—Art

et

humanisme

à Florence au temps de Laurent le

Magnifique.

Panofsky—

Renaissance and Renascentes in Western Art.

(2 vols., Copenhagen, 1900.)

Wittkower,

R.—Architectural Principles

in the

Age of Humanism.

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

• Friedländer,

W.—Mannerism in Italian Painting.

(Columbia U.P., 1957.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.

48. FINE ARTS 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 1963 and alternate years. • л 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 (1750-1950) and art iп Australia (1788-1950) 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 supplied throughout the year. Students are recommended to buy the books marked with an asterisk.

( a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Steegman, j.—Consort of Taste, 1830-1870.. (Sidgwick & Jackson. ) Clark, K.—Landscape into Art. (Murray, 1949, or Pelican.) Praz, M.—The Romantic Agony. (1933.)

(b ) Prescribed textbooks:

*Hitchcock, H. R.—Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. (Pelican History of Art, 1958.)

*Boase, T. S. R.—English Art, 1800-1870. ( Oxford History of English Art, Vol. X, 1959.)

Novotny, F.—Painting and Scцlpture in Europe 1780-1800. (1960.) Pevsner, N. Pioneers of Modern Design. ( N.Y. Museum of Modern Art.) Smith B.—Australian Art: A Critical History. ( O.U.P., 1962.)

Herman, M.—The Early Australian Architects and their Work. (Angus & Robert- son, 1954. )

(c) Prescribed for reference:

Primary sources

( The following texts will be discussed in seminars during the year. )

*Reynolds, J. Discourses. ed. Wark, R. R. ( Huntingdon Library, 1959.)

*Delacroix, E.—The Journals of Eugene Delacroix. ( Phaidon, 1952. )

Ruskin, J.—Modern Painters; The Seven Lamps of Architecture; The Stones, of Venice. ( Everyman. )

Baudelaire, C. P.—The Mirror of Art. ( Phaidon, 1955.) Morris, W.—Writings. (Nonesuch.)

EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.

HONOURS DEGREE N. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

( For possible combinations with this school see p. 220. )

1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Fine Arts comprises the following subjects:

1. Fine Arts A 2. Fine Arts В 3. Fine Arts C 4. Fine Arts D

5. A grade I subject (see note 1) at honours standard 6. General History part I or General History part II 7. Aesthetics or General History part II or General History

General History part III (c) . Note 1

The grade I subject should preferably be chosen from the following: Ancient History part I, Modem History A (if the student is not taking General History part I in his Second Year), English Language and Literature part I, Music A, Philosophy part I, Psychology part I.

Note 2

(a) General History part II may be taken only by students who have taken a First Year History subject.

part III (b) or

(b) General History part III (b) may be taken only by students who have been classed in General History part II.

(c) General History part III (c) may be taken only by students who have been classed in General History part I.

Note 3

Candidates for the degree with honours must also take four additional subjects, including

(a) one approved major (preferably in a foreign language); if the major is not in a foreign language the fourth subject of First Year must be part I (or IA) of a foreign language,

or

(b) an approved sub-major, preferably in a foreign language, and two other subjects, at least one of these four subjects to be part I (or IA) of a foreign language taken in First Year,

or three subjects only

(c) If one of the three—which must include part I (or IA) of a foreign language—is taken at honours standard,

or three subjects only

(d) if two of the three subjects are foreign languages.

Students who have completed the First Year must be approved by the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honours school. The professor of Fine Arts will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained first or second class honours in Fine Arts A and in their grade I honours subject.

2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order:

First Year: (a) Fine Arts (bons) . (b) A grade I subject (hofs).

(c) First part of approved major or sub-major.

(d) Part I (or IA) of a foreign language.

Second Year: (a) Fine Arts В (hofs) or Fine Arts C (horis).

(b) General History part I or General History part II.

(c) Second part of approved major or sub-major.

Third Year: (a) Fine Arts C (hofs) or Fine Arts В (horis) .

(b) Aesthetics or General History part II or General History part III (b) or General History part III (e).

(c) Third part of approved maior or one other pass subject.

Fourth Year: (a) Fine Arts D.

(b) Thesis.

The finаl examination in the school of Fine Arts will be divided into two parts:' Part I will consist of one 3-hour paper in each of the following:

(1) Greek Art or Roman Art or post-impressionism and twentieth century art.

(2) Italian Art, 1200-1800.

(3) The art of the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain, the Continent and Australia.

(4) General History part 1 or part II.

Part II will consist of one 3-hour paper in each of Aesthetics and Fine Arts D, together with the thesis on an approved subject.

46. FINE ARTS A As for the ordinary degree.

Honour students are expected to read more widely. A bibliographical list to guide them will be provided by the school of Fine Arts.

Tutorial guidance will be offered.

EXAMINATION

Two 3-hour papers, as for the ordinary degree but at а higher standard.

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47. FINE ARTS В

As for the ordinary degree.

An additional weekly seminar in which some specific problems of the period will be studied. An additional weekly lecture during one or two terms will be arranged during the year.

EXAMINATION

One 3-hour paper in addition to the 3-hour papers for the ordinary degree.

48. FINE

ARTS C

As for the ordinary degree.

An additional weekly seminar in which some specific problems of the art of the 18th century will be studied.

EXAMINATION

Three 3-hour papers. Two as for the ordinary degree but at a higher standard.

The third will be devoted to seminar work in the 18th century.