ARTHC 337
Eighteenth-Century European Art and Architecture
Comparative Arts and Letters
College of Humanities
Course Description
An advanced survey of the culture and context of the production of art, architecture, and garden design in the European 18th century.
When Taught
Contact Department
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Movements
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to articulate the characteristics of the styles, processes, and ideologies and philosophies of key artists and movements, including Late Baroque, Neo-Palladianism, Rococo, Enlightenment and moralizing themes, and the naturalism that predicts the beginnings of Romanticism and Neoclassicism.
Title
Contribution
Learning Outcome
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Title
Research
Learning Outcome
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Title
Scope: 1700-1789
Learning Outcome
1. Students will acquire a solid foundation in the historical context of the art and architecture of Europe from ca. 1700-1789.
Title
Research
Learning Outcome
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Title
Precedent and Influence
Learning Outcome
Students will become conversant with selected works of art in terms of style, patronage, reception, and meaning of individual works of art and the artists or movements that spawned them. They will be able to trace the trajectory of future influence of key works of art from this period.
Title
Theory
Learning Outcome
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