ARTH3311

ARTH 3311 - Baroque Art in Seventeenth Century Europe (3 Cr.) Arts/Humanities

Art History (10953) TCLA - College of Liberal Arts

ARTH 3311 - Baroque Art in Seventeenth Century Europe (3 Cr.) Arts/Humanities

Course description

Dominant trends/figures of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Baroque period. Works of major masters, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Rubens. Development of illusionistic ceiling decoration. Theoretical basis of Baroque art. Art's subservience to Church and royal court.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Arts/Humanities

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring