Nineteenth-Century Art and Visual Culture

3 units

This course offers a comparative exploration of nineteenth-century art across France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Russia, the Netherlands, and the United States, examining how national identity, industrialization, political upheaval, and shifting patronage shapes artistic production and reception. Students will engage with major movements such as Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Postimpressionism while also considering the rise of academic institutions, international exhibitions, and the evolving roll of the art market. Through close analysis of painting, sculpture, and print culture, students will understand transnational dialogues and tensions between tradition and innovation, with particular attention to the intersections of art, literature, social reform, and responses to modernity.