Visual Studies

(3-6 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course examines the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century movement, Romanticism, as it manifested in specifically, France, Spain, Germany and England. The Romantic backlash against the political idealism of Enlightenment philosophy is introduced as the backdrop for an unfolding art historical drama in which artists are cast in the roles of both hero and villain. This course examines the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century movement, Romanticism, as it manifested in specifically, France, Spain, Germany and England. The Romantic backlash against the political idealism of Enlightenment philosophy is introduced as the backdrop for an unfolding art historical drama in which artists are cast in the roles of both hero and villain.