ARHI 20362 - European Art and Architecture of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course will survey major stylistic trends in 17th- and 18th-century painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, Spain, France, the Low Countries, England, and Germany. The course will begin with the art of the Counter-Reformation in Italy and will end with the Age of the Enlightenment, encompassing the reigns of Pope Urban VIII to the death of Louis XVI. Stylistic trends such as the Baroque, Rococo, and the origins of Neoclassicism will be discussed through the works of such diverse artistic personalities as Bernini, Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Velasquez, Poussin, Rembrandt, Rubens, Wren, Hogarth, Reynolds, Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Robert Adam, Neumann, Tiepolo, and Zimmermann. Discussion will also focus on the impact on art and artists by religious orders, emerging modern European states, capitalism, and global expansionism.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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