ART 472 - Seminar:The Enigma of Caravaggio

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

However considered, this greatest of Italian painters since the Renaissance is a puzzle. His brief life was violent, rebellious, haunted, yet his art reached heights (and depths) of religious truth shared only, perhaps, by Rembrandt. His dark, menacing paintings created a revolution in our understanding of light. His humble, proletarian style was constructed on rigorous, classical principles. The painter of dirty peasants was championed by cultivated prelates and princes. And so it goes. This seminar is dedicated to the luxury of studying Caravaggio's elusive art slowly, in as much depth as possible. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. (Ciletti, offered occasionally)

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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