ART 362 - Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Art

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Topic for 2018/19a: Deep Time in European Landscape Art, Poussin to Cézanne. This seminar addresses the intersection of natural history, philosophy and landscape painting over the course of the eighteenth- and nineteenth centuries. The imagery of geological wonders (from caverns to volcanoes), ancient ruins, prehistoric sites, and works of art seemingly wrought by nature in the landscapes of artists such as Poussin, Piranesi, Wright of Derby, Friedrich, Turner, Courbet and Cézanne are studied. The scientific and theological debates over the age of the earth and the visible traces of “deep time” are considered in relation to the visual arts of the period. The seminar makes use of the exhibition entitled “Past Time: Geology in European and American Art” on view at the Lehman Loeb Art Center during the fall semester. Brian Lukacher.

Prerequisite(s): ART 106 and ART 262 or permission of the instructor.

One 2-hour period.