ARH 2038 Baroque Art & Architecture in Italy
This lecture course introduces students to the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Italy from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. (Students will also be introduced to important trends in Baroque art outside of Italy.) Lectures will examine cultural, political, religious, and intellectual changes in Europe that make the art of this period distinctive. Topics to be explored the impact of the Counter-Reformation and Council of Trent on the arts; changing patterns of patronage; antiquarianism and art collecting; urban planning; advances in scientific reasoning and the clash with the church; as well as the emerging prominence of female artists. There will be a midterm, final, and two essays (details TBA).
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