Dutch painting of the Golden Age

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Dutch painting of the Golden Age provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Seventeenth-century Dutch painting stands out from other art of the same period and even more so from that of previous centuries on account of its apparently ‘everyday’ character. Works by artists ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 ‘A new state, a new art’
    • 1 ‘A new state, a new art’
    • 2 Realism and art-for-art’s sake
    • 2 Realism and art-for-art’s sake
    • 3 Dutch history painting
    • 3 Dutch history painting
    • 4 Disguised symbolism and ‘seeming realism’
    • 4 Disguised symbolism and ‘seeming realism’
    • Clues to interpretation
    • 5 ‘To instruct and delight’
    • 5 ‘To instruct and delight’
    • 6 Landscape painting and the limitations of the iconological approach
    • 6 Landscape painting and the limitations of the iconological approach
    • Interpreting the Dutch landscape
    • 7 The role of conventions
    • 7 The role of conventions
    • 7.1 Landscape conventions and the question of meaning
    • 8 Realism reconsidered
    • 8 Realism reconsidered
    • 8.1 The artifice of verisimilitude
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements