Course Description
Examination of the artistic production in Europe during 1700-1800, along with the rise of the art academy, the public art exhibition, and art criticism. The major styles or movements - Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism - are studied as well as the new pictorial concepts of the picturesque and sublime.
Athena Title
18C European Art
Prerequisite
ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is a more specialized survey than Monuments of World Art and will deepen students' knowledge and interpretation of the art produced in Europe during the 18th century. Students will study works of art in terms of their relationship to artistic traditions and innovation, as well as within their specific historical contexts, through readings and discussions on political, social, and economic circumstances of the times.
Topical Outline
Week 1 The Academy and the Artistic Profession in the 18th Century. Weeks 2-3 The French Rococo Weeks 4-5 The Grand Tour and Italian Genre and Landscape Painting. Week 6 The English Conversation Piece Weeks 7-8 The "Rediscovery" of Antiquity and Reformed History Painting. Week 9 Exam Weeks 10-11 The Sublime and the Picturesque in Landscape Painting. Weeks 12-13 Neoclassicism and "Moral Painting". Weeks 13-14 Neoc in Sculpture: Falconet, Hewetson, Houdon, and Canova. Week 15 New Trends in Portraiture. Week 16 Fuseli, Barry, and the question of Romanticism.
Syllabus