Brussels and the Decorative Arts

3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020914BEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om dit vak te kunnen registreren moet je minstens 30 stp. behaald hebben in de bachelor. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen. Vakcodes die eindigen op 'W' kunnen enkel door werkstudenten geregistreerd worden.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Art Sciences and Archaeology

Educational team

Werner Adriaenssens (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The domain of the applied arts is particularly large. Because it is impossible to discuss every discipline in every style period, we have to make choices. Therefore, emphasis is mainly -but not exclusively- placed on furniture as the main element of the interior in the different consecutive style periods. The lessons consist of two large sections:
1) The typology of bourgeois furniture - In this part the classification of the bourgeois furniture is taught and the student learns the most important types and their specific names.
2) An overview of the large -dominant- style periods - this section gives an overview of the stylistic periods from the Middle Ages up to and including the Art Deco period.
In this part a summary of the style periods is given within a political, social and economic context from the Middle Ages to the Art Deco period.The course includes an exercise on furniture typology. Each student will receive a set of photos of furniture with instructions via the Canvas platform. The subject matter must be applied to these pictures. The exercise will not be graded. However, it is compulsory. Without having made the exercise, the student cannot take the exam. The exercise must be submitted at the latest at midnight on the Friday preceding the Christmas holidays.
A visit to a museum or exhibition will be organised after the lessons. The date will be determined in consultation with the students.
In order to follow this course part, the following costs are compulsory and additional to the invoice you received as a student from the Student Administration Centre. For visits a minimum amount of €30 is required. The costs are borne by the student and cannot be recovered from the fellow students, the lecturer or the faculty. The amounts are approximations that are as accurate as possible. If, as a result of these costs, you experience payment difficulties, you can contact the Student Social Services via sociale.dienst@vub.ac.be or +32 2 629 23 15. More information can also be found on https://my.vub.ac.be/studiefinanciering.

Course material

Handbook (Recommended) : Le mobilier domestique: vol 2, vocabulaire typologique, N. DE REYNIES, BIB, 9782858224623, 2003
Handbook (Recommended) : Meubelkunst, 40 eeuwen meubelgeschiedenis, A. Hofstede, 4de druk, BIB, 9789060290804, 2002
Digital course material (Recommended) : Powerpointpresentaties ter beschikking gesteld van de studenten
Practical course material (Recommended) : Bezoek aan musea met collecties van toegepaste kunsten waar de student geconfronteerd wordt met de reële objecten, is een bijzonder belangrijke hulp bij het studeren van de cursus en wordt sterk aanbevolen

Additional info

Visiting museums with applied arts collections where the student is confronted with the real objects is a particularly important aid when studying the course and is strongly recommended.
- PowerPoint presentations are made available to the students
- Notes to be taken by the student
- N. DE REYNIES, Le mobilier domestique: vocabulaire typologique, Paris, Monum, 2003. (2 vol.)
- A. Hofstede, Meubelkunst, 40 eeuwen meubelgeschiedenis, Utrech, Ons Huis/Taurus, 2002. (conditional)

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Gaining insights in the area of applied arts from the Middle Ages to the present:
- knowledge of the most important movements, situated in a political, social and economic context
- distinguish between diverse developments on a typological, stylistic and aesthetic level.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
LEC Presentation determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

examen mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: Oral exam, with written preparation:
- main question
- secondary questions based on visual aids
The combination of the main question with secondary questions enables the professor to test the student’s knowledge of the entire course.

Within the LEC Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

presentatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: In groups of two, the students present to their fellow students a subject from the discipline of applied arts that was not covered in the course. This presentation is marked and counts towards the exam score.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam, with written preparation:
- main question
- secondary questions based on visual aids
The combination of the main question with secondary questions enables the professor to test the student’s knowledge of the entire course.
In groups of two, the students present to their fellow students a subject from the discipline of applied arts that was not covered in the course. This presentation is marked and counts towards the exam score.
A new exam is drawn up for the second examination period.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context