ARTH-A 303 THE ART AND IDEAS OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPE AND AMERICA (3 CR.)
Introduction to the ideas that shaped the art of the 18th century, reflecting changing attitudes towards education, literacy, religion, leadership, social values, women and slavery, the scope of knowledge, as well as the human psyche. Focus is on key paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints of the period.
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Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 29818 | Open | 12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | MW | TV 226 | Molotiu A |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29818: Total Seats: 40 / Available: 3 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class open to undergraduates only
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
This class will focus on art, architecture, and visual culture in Europe between 1700 and 1800, and their connection with literary, philosophical, social and political developments during the same period. Topics will include the relationship between art academies, art theory, and artistic innovation, stylistic transformation across the century from late Baroque to Rococo to Neoclassicism to early Romanticism, the development of art criticism, the tension between rising modernisms and the pull of classical antiquity, how the rise of Enlightenment sociality transformed architectural spaces as well as the works of art used to adorn them, how early Romanticism's rejection of Enlightenment rationality is reflected in late 18th century art's emphasis on the ghostly and the demonic, and the transformative moment of the French Revolution. Works studied will include not only the canonical masterpieces of painting and sculpture, but also decorative schemes and utilitarian objects, popular prints, and new visual spectacles such as the magic lantern, the phantasmagoria, and even the macabre sight of the guillotine.
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