ARTH 6913 - 19th-Century European Art

This course will introduce students to major developments in art and architecture from ca. 1780 to 1880 covering developments from Neo-Classicism to Impressionism. This course will put the work of these artists into a broader cultural, historical, social, and political context and examine various discourses that shaped the art of the 19th century, such as the impact of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the classical revival, the rise of Romanticism, the encounter of new cultures, industrialization and urbanization, the impact of photography, and the emergence of the avantgarde. Slide lecture and discussion.