Mar 28, 2024  
Course Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Course Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ARTH 291 - Baroque Art

FC ARHU WINT
4 credits
This course will examine major developments in European art of the Baroque, from c. 1590-1700, a period of explosive creativity in the visual arts. Topics will include: art in response to the Counter-Reformation; the court artist; Baroque women artists; the painter-philosopher; the lure of antiquity; and meaning in Dutch genre painting. We will consider artists such as Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velasquez. Field Trips required.
Prerequisites & Notes: An Art History 100 or 150 course is recommended but not mandatory.



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