ARTH 440: RS: Advanced Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Art

ARTH 440-001: The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer: Dutch Visual Culture in the 17th Century
(Fall 2014)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Music Theater Building 1008

Section Information for Fall 2014

Within decades of its emergence as a new state in the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to the position of a great maritime and economic power in Europe.  This seminar explores the role played by the pictorial arts in the shaping of Dutch culture and society.  The Dutch developed a booming, sophisticated art market, creating an environment in which new genres such as still life, landscape, scenes of social life, and group portraiture flourished.  The course will examine the works of artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, and their less well-known but equally interesting peers.  We will situate paintings, prints, book illustrations, and maps produced by these artists within their historical context, and ask how images helped construct—and comment on—religious, social, and gender norms.  We will investigate the intricate links between art production and the study of natural sciences, advances in technology, commercial ventures, and colonial expansion.  Class discussions will also consider the different approaches art historians have taken to interpret and evaluate pictorial works produced in this so-called Golden Age of Dutch art.  

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies a particular aspect of Renaissance or baroque art. Topics may be monographic, thematic, or concentrated on the art of a smaller time period or a particular area. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Research/Scholarship Intensive, Topic Varies, Writing Intensive in Major
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 302 and 6 credits in Art History at the 300 level, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18, Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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