The Baroque to Romanticism, 1600-1850

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course serves as an introduction to European art and architecture between 1600 and 1850. This was a period of extraordinary political, religious and social upheaval. These transformations, many of them inspired by Enlightenment principles, were reflected in the production and market for art. This is also a story of shifting artistic styles, from Baroque to Rococo to Neoclassicism to Romanticism. However, rather than looking at the period as primarily a succession of styles and pivotal artists, this module will take a more thematic and critical approach. Among the areas to be explored will be the rise of academies, the impact of the Counter Reformation, and the emergence of new pictorial genres