Art History 284 - Gender and the Visual Arts,1400-1700

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

GSS This course explores the intersection of gender and visual culture in early modern Europe, a period during which ideas about gender underwent rapid change. Using a variety of references (painting, works on paper, decorative arts, archi- tecture), the class discusses the ways that visual culture both reflected and shaped change, the differing conditions of artistic practice for men and women, the pictorial reinforcement of cultural ideals (courtship, marriage, the family), the visual critique of perceived threats to societal order (witchcraft, prostitution, homosexuality), images and sexual desire, and the body (anatomical illustration, the nude), among other topics.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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