Art and architecture in western Europe, primarily France, will be considered with particular attention given to the rise of modernism. Major movements and their primary practioners will be considered: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism.
Prerequisite(s): ARH 1000 Masterpieces of World Art or ARH 1020 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern or permission of the instructor.
ARH 1000 Masterpieces of World Art (3 hours)
A survey of art and architectural hstory using a great masterpieces approach. Significant monuments from antiquity to the twentieth century will be considered with particular attention to the interaction of art and its producing society so that political situation, theology, science, and aesthetics will be considered in lectures. Cannot be used toward a major in art. Credit cannot be earned for ARH 1000 Masterpieces of World Art and ARH 1010 Art and Society in the West: Ancient to Medieval or ARH 1000 Masterpieces of World Art and ARH 1020 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern.
ARH 1020 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern (3 hours)
A survey of art and architectural history in the western hemisphere: significant monuments from the Renaissance to the twentieth contury will be considered with particular attention to the interaction of art and its producing society so that political situation, theology, science, and aesthetics will be considered in lectures. Credit cannot be earned for both ARH 1000 Masterpieces of World Art and ARH 1020 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern.
