ARTH 450 - Baroque: Object to Artwork

Unit(s): 3-4

This course explores 19th c art movements such as Impressionism, Neo-impressionism, Symbolism in relation to the changes that marked the Nineteenth Century: the development of the democratic nation state, colonialism, the rise of social movements, the shift from private court patronage to a free market economy, the development the dealer-critic system, the invention of photography, scientific advances in optics, and the discovery of the unconscious in psychology, shifts in gender roles. Satisfies upper-division GE, category C (Fine Arts). Prerequisite: HUM200 or ENG 101 or ENG 100B or LIBS 101 required. May be repeated with consent of instructor

Grading: OPT