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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Northern and Southern Renaissance art, including the work of Giotto, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Durer, Grunewald, and Breughel. Replaces 555.
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3.00 Credits
Features the painting and sculpture of such seventeenth century masters as Caravaggio, Rubens, Velasquez, Bernini, and Poussin. Replaces 553.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the Venetian artists of the 15th and 16th centuries, including the painters Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, whose contributions are central to the subsequent course of western art, both religious and secular. The course will also address the architecture of Andrea Palladio. Venetian art in the Renaissance will be discussed in its unique religious, historical, political, geographical, socioeconomic and literary context. The course will be taught in seminar format with an emphasis on close visual analysis of the art and in-depth discussion of critical readings. At least one class session will be conducted at the National Gallery of Art, which has one of the finest collections of Venetian Renaissance painting in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the art and culture of one of the most magnificent and powerful cities in history. Considers Rome in the 15th and 16th centuries as both a religious and political center, across a broad spectrum of life from the papacy to the local population. Addresses the impact of ancient Rome on the Renaissance, and how Rome shaped itself as a modern city. Examines the art and architecture of churches, palaces, and villas - including the treasures of St. Peter's and the Sistine Chapel -- in all aspects of artistic production, from paintings, frescoes, fountains, and sculptures, to urban planning and public festivals.
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3.00 Credits
An illustrated survey of the art of the Nineteenth Century, one of the most dynamic periods in the development of Western culture. Considers some of the sweeping transformations that took place in art and society during the century and traces the rise of modern art in the painting, sculpture, and design of this vital turbulent age. Artists discussed include David, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya, Courbet, Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Monet, and Renoir. Replaces 563; see also 331, which partially replaces 563 and 462.
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3.00 Credits
A focused, illustrated study of two brilliant movements in modern art history through the work of some of the greatest artists of the mid-to-late nineteenth century, including Millet, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, and Rodin. Addresses the innovative production of these artists in relation to the tumultuous cultural and political circumstances of the late 1800s. Explores the pivotal influence of Realism and Impressionism upon the development of Vanguard Modernism. Students are encouraged to utilize the outstanding resources of local art collections. Readings, slides/lectures, class discussions, and field trips to local collections.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the Neoclassical and Romantic movements in Western art and culture from 1750 to 1850. Charts the impact of the Academie, the role of classical art and its early tradition, and the rise of the avant garde. Artists to be studied include David, Goya, Gericault, Delacroix, Constable, Turner and Friedrich.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys American artistic and cultural expression from the Colonial Period to the end of the Civil War. Introduces American painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and graphic work in a broad social and historical context, including the work of Copley, Cole, Bierstadt, Brady, Greenough, Jefferson, and the Peale Family.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the artworks produced in Rome from circa 1575 to 1675; it is focused primarily on painting, but attention will be paid to other media, such as sculpture, architecture and the graphic arts.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to the art, literature, history, and culture of the City of Lights. Through field trips, assigned readings, class discussions, and on-site visits to a selection of the city's many splendid sacred sites, magnificent museums, and historic monuments, students will encounter the history and culture of one of the world's most venerable and beautiful capitals. Particular attention will be paid to art works and texts that have helped to define French culture and style throughout the ages.
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