ARTH 3311 is also offered in Fall 2022
ARTH 3311 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | ARTH 3311 Section 001: Baroque Art in Seventeenth Century Europe (22774)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (37 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Dominant trends/figures of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Baroque period. Works of major masters, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Rubens. Development of illusionistic ceiling decoration. Theoretical basis of Baroque art. Art's subservience to Church and royal court.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the dominant trends and figures of the Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish, and Dutch Baroque period. We will explore the works of major masters including Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Rubens, as well as such issues as the development of illusionistic ceiling decoration, the theoretical basis of Baroque art, the politics of early modern art in Europe, and art's subservience to the Church and the royal court.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This course will interest anyone who loves art, history, and culture.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Paper
10% Attendance
- Exam Format:
- Slide identifications and comparisons; short essays
- Class Format:
- 80% Lecture
20% Discussion
- Workload:
- 10-25 Pages Reading Per Week
5-10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22774/1219
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ostro133_ARTH3311_Spring2018.docx (Spring 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 October 2017
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2021 Art History Classes