Not offered 2007-2008
ARTH 241 Dutch Art of the 1600s: Hals to Vermeer
Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, Jan Vermeer are only the best-known of the many artists who were active in the northern Netherlands during the seventeenth century. The variety of
their subjects was unprecedented, but the degree of symbolic content in their work is
disputed: to what extent was Dutch painting an art of description or of hidden allegory? We
will consider this problem and also give special attention to the ongoing reinterpretations of
Rembrandt's oeuvre and life.
Format: lecture. Requirements: a midterm, short paper, and a final exam.
No prerequisites.
Satisfies the pre-1800 requirement.
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