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Introduction to Early Modern European Art (250-0-1)

Topic

Introduction to European Art, 1400-1800

Instructors

Adrian William Bourke Randolph

Sandra F Racek

Thomas Witschonke Love

Benjamin Edward Weil

Arianna Ray

Anna Cohen

Meeting Info

Block Pick-Laudati Auditorium: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Wracked by revolutions religious and secular, defining itself in relation to the many new worlds that became visible through colonial conquest and through microscopes, and ushering in new social and political forms with the rise in power of cities as well as absolute monarchs, early modern Europe was also a time and place within which what we now call "art" came into being. This course will consider works of art and architecture by well-known artists such as Donatello, Van Eyck, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Bernini, Borromini, Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Wren, David, Reynolds, and Hogarth, within religious, political, and scientific contexts. But we will also examine popular prints, urban space, fashion, and performances in cultural centers like Rome, Amsterdam, Paris, and London.

This course is intended as an introduction both to the period/place, and to fundamental modes of art historical analysis and interpretation. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Class Materials (Required)

Gardner's Art Through the Ages, book D, "Renaissance and Baroque" Cengage Learning; 15th edition (2015) ISBN: ‎128-5838017 or ISBN:‎ 978-1285838014

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Distro Area
Interdisciplinary Distro-rules apply
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area

Associated Classes

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-331: Fri 9:00AM - 9:50AM

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-339: Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 3-410: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-435: Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM

DIS - University Hall 101: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

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