VISST 2645

Introduction to Renaissance and Baroque Art and Society

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

This course examines some of the major works of European artists from 1400 to 1750, a period with huge changes in religion, political systems, and knowledge of the world. We learn chronological and geographical differences in artistic aims and styles, and explore various goals, among them representing the human body and emotions, telling stories, serving religious practices through visual images, and fashioning identities of different social classes. With the rediscovery of classical antiquity, both intellectuals and artists sought ways to synthesize classical and Christian. Tales of mythological gods could also convey philosophical ideas, gender relations, and concerns of love and lust. Artists include Jan van Eyck, Botticelli, Dürer, Bosch, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, among many others.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)

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