ARTH 3443 - Rubens, Rembrandt, and Versailles: Baroque Art in Northern Europe

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700 with a “C-” or better or permission of department

Description: Students in this course explore the artistic creations produced during the 17th century in the Netherlands, France, England, and Germany, including the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and the artistic spaces at the palace of Versailles. They also will study the religious, social, scientific, political, and economic transformations that greatly impacted the kinds of art created and collected in this period. Students will consider how evolving notions of domesticity, subjectivity, gender and the expanding colonial empires impacted painting, sculpture, printmaking, and architectural spaces.