Northern Renaissance Art

3 units

A survey of the major artistic developments in Northern Europe, c. 1400-1575. The course looks at the production of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, manuscript illumination and architecture in social, political, and religious contexts. The major artists to be covered include Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.