This course introduces the modern cultural history about the European natural landscape. Each lecture will be focused on a type of the natural landscape of the main countries: England, Germany, France e Italy. Using numerous examples of landscape painting and its related iconographic materials, literature, music and so on, we will master the knowledge of the history of European landscape especially between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, which depends on change of taste and the cultural concept of nature.
Learn about the view of nature in modern Europe by knowing the art and culture at that time.
Nature; Country; Landscape; Landscape Painting; Art; Literature; Philosophy; Sublime; Picturesque; Romanticism; Nationalism; Patriotism; Europe; Modern History
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
By lecture, sometimes writing the reaction paper in the last 10 minutes of the lesson.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Arcadian and Pastoral Landscape | Modern Europe's ideal natural landscape and adoration to countryside |
Class 2 | Forest Landscape (1) | Forest related to patriotic spirit |
Class 3 | Forest Landscape (2) | Forest depicted in landscape paintings and literature |
Class 4 | Mountain Landscape (1) | From Parnassus to the birth of Alpinism |
Class 5 | Mountain Landscape (2) | Romantic mountain landscape paintings and literature related to mining and minerals |
Class 6 | Waterside Landscape (1) | Waterside landscape relating to sublime beauty such as caves and waterfalls |
Class 7 | Waterside Landscape (2) | Waterside landscape relating to Picturesque beauty such as lakes and rivers |
Class 8 | Seaside Landscape | From the world of lanscape peinting of rough sea to the birth of seaside resort |
Distribute the summary sheet for every lecture
Ewa Kawamura, Kanko taikoku suisu no tanjyo, Tokyo: Heibonsha ISBN-13: 978-4582856927
Ewa Kawamura, Italia ryoko, Tokyo: Chuokoronshinsha ISBN-13: 978-4121021267
Writing a brief reaction paper that deals also as a attending point at random (3 times in total), not at every lesson (30 %). And submitting the final reporting paper (about 4000 characters, its detail will announced during lecture) (70%) .
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No classes will be given on April 11 (Wed) because of the orientation sessions for incoming first-year students. Second year and above graduate students do not need to attend these orientation sessions.
Date of the first class is April 18 (Wed).