ARTH 3433 - Bosch, Dürer, and the Art of the Northern Renaissance

Credits: 3

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

Description: Students in this course explore the evolving artistic practices of artists active in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Northern Europe, including Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, and Albrecht Dürer. They will learn primarily about the paintings, sculptures, and prints produced in German and the Dutch speaking lands during this period, but also encounter artists and artworks from France, Spain, and England. Students also explore the profound religious, social, scientific, and political transformations that greatly impacted artistic production during this period, such as the Reformation and iconoclasm, shifting patterns of patronage, the rise of print media, the invention of the idea of “art,” and global trade through European colonialism.