ART 262 - Art and Revolution in Europe, 1789-1848

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

A survey of major movements and figures in European art, 1789-1848, focusing on such issues as the contemporaneity of antiquity in revolutionary history painting, the eclipse of mythological and religious art by an art of social observation and political commentary, the romantic cult of genius, imagination, and creative self-definition, and the emergence of landscape painting in an industrializing culture. Brian Lukacher.

Prerequisite(s): ART 105 or ART 106, or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS