ARTH 218(S) The Romantic Revolution: Art in Europe, 1791-1848
Major developments in European art from Neoclassicism in the late-eighteenth century to the ascendancy of Realism in the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis on French, British, and German art in its cultural and aesthetic context, including David, Goya, Delacroix, Turner, Caspar David Friedrich, and Courbet, as well as lesser known figures associated with Romanticism and its aftermath.
Format: lecture. Requirements: midterm; one 7-page paper; final examination.
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 25 (expected: 18).
Hour: GOTLIEB