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Apr 28, 2024
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ART 309 - Art from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (3)
This course will examine the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Europe from the very end of the twelfth century through the eighteenth century. A wide variety of questions will be considered in the context of this chronological survey including changing conventions of representation, the social function of art, and the impact of the Renaissance ideology of individual achievement on the production of art and the role of the artist, the new naturalism derived from the study of life. The period witnessed the foundation and suppression of the Jesuit Order, the Counter-Reformation, absolute monarchy, and democratic nations. Thus, the course begins with the “new Rome” of Pope Sixtus V and ends with the early years of the Enlightenment. The course will also consider a number of interrelated themes, including the business of art; the status of the artist; art in service of the state; the rise of genre; gender stereotypes; allegory; and art, religion, and spirituality.
Offered Fall 2016 and alternate Fall semesters.
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