Art History 332f - Seminar in Baroque Art:Palaces and Identity in EarlyModern Europe:1450-1750

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Mount Holyoke College

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This seminar explores the residence as the primary site of familial, institutional, and cultural identity formation. using primary and modern texts, historical accounts, and the oretical tracts, we will analyze the form and function of urban dwellings at specific moments in European history. Starting with the palazzi of Florentine merchants in the Renaissance and ending up with the h?els of eighteenth-century Parisian women, we will examine the ways in which architects took into account multiple concerns, from antiquity, vernacular tradition, and the need for material display, to gender and social roles, political status, and ceremonial uses. Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Jarrard Prereq. jr, sr; 8 credits in art history or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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