Renaissance Art in Northern Europe

Undergraduate | 2026

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Mode
Mode
Your study is delivered on campus and/or online
On campus, 100% online
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Area/Catalogue
HIST 2026
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Course ID
206968
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus East, Online
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Humanities
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Course level
2
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

This online course examines Northern Renaissance art, with a focus on the visual traditions of Flanders and the Netherlands (`Low Countries), Germany, Switzerland, and France during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The invention of the printing press, impact of the Protestant Reformation, and encounters with the Italian Renaissance art and artists, patrons, and humanists provides an artistic, social, political, and economic framework for interpreting and contextualising the vivid material culture of the Northern Renaissance in reference to innovations in production methods, patronage and collecting activities, and development of novel sacred and secular themes and genres.

Course learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of innovations in the visual arts during the Northern Renaissance.
  • Formally analyse works of art using discipline-specific terminology.
  • Use appropriate digital technologies and tools for research.
  • Interpret and evaluate a variety of primary and secondary sources, including images and objects.
  • Work independently and cooperatively in small group discussion and problem solving.
  • Articulate insightful research questions in both verbal and written modes of expression persuasively.

Availability

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Census date
Fri 27/03/2026
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Enrol by date
Fri 13/03/2026
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Last day to W
Fri 10/04/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 08/05/2026

Class details

Online

Class number
Class number 20158
Section
Section 01OL
Size
Size 30
Available
Available 30
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
- Online ,

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed ARTH2000 Renaissance Art in Northern Europe at the University of Adelaide

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