ARTH-284 Northern Renaissance Art
This course explores the distinctive ways in which art was crafted and consumed in northern Europe during the age of Renaissance and Reformation. We will examine paintings and prints, propaganda and princely splendor, and carved altarpieces and ceremonial armor against the backdrop of both city and court, while considering issues of religious function, social use, and the economic history of the arts. The course also fosters a critical awareness of the methods of art history by drawing attention to scholarship on Northern art that has, in many ways, laid the foundations for modernity.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Offered
Fall