Not offered 2007-2008
ARTH 253 Art in the Age of the Revolution, 1760-1860 (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 253)
A social history beginning with art of the pre-Revolutionary period and ending with realism. Major topics include changing definitions of neoclassicism and romanticism, the impact of
the revolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848, the Napoleonic Empire, the shift from history
painting to scenes of everyday life, landscape painting as an autonomous art form and attitudes toward race and sexuality. The course stresses French artists such as Greuze, Vigée-
Lebrun, David, Ingres, Delacroix, Géricault, Corot, and Courbet, but also includes Goya,
Constable, Turner, and Friedrich.
Format: lecture. Requirements: two quizzes, hour test, and final exam or research paper; a
conference at the Clark Art Institute and a field trip to New York may also be required.
Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limit: 30.
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