EXPOS 20.025 - Re-Discovering the Impressionists

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course will recover the radical reputations of Manet, Monet, Degas, and Renoir as well as explore the vital artistic circles in which they moved-reading selections by Baudelaire, Mallarme, and Zola. We will examine the vanguard movements of Realism and Impressionism in terms of major changes in nineteenth-century society, including: industrialization, Parisian urbanism, photography, the status of women, and the institutions of art. Finally, we will address Impressionism's contentious reception and blue-chip status today.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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