Baroque Arts in Northern Europe

Explores the vibrant artistic culture of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the northern and southern Netherlands, corresponding roughly to present-day Holland and Belgium. Emphasis on major artists such as Rubens, Van Dyck, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Visits to the MFA's Center for Netherlandish Art. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.