16th Century Art North of The Alps

(4 Credits)

Topics include the development of landscape as a separate subject in art; the Reformation's effects on subject matter and aesthetics; what northerners learned from the classicizing Italians and what the Italians learned from northern realism; aspects of patronage and the art market; the northern interest in peasant life and in the grotesque; the sociopolitical significance of dress; and the importance of printmaking. Among the artists considered are the German artists Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, Hans Holbein the Younger, and the Cranach family; the Netherlandish artists Hieronymus (Jerome) Bosch, Quentin Massys, Lucas van Leyden, Jan Gossaert, and Pieter Brueghel the Elder; and Jean and François Clouet and other artists associated with the French court.