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The origins of modernism can be traced in part to creative contempt for the conservative, antiquity-centered historicism charaterizing the European art establishment. This seminar shall examine the disintegration of staunch academic aesthetics in French art from the late eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century. Issues to be discussed include the reconfiguration of ideals in representation of the body, critical debates surrounding the so-called Romantic movements, and changing attitudes toward what constituted history itself. We shall examine the paintings of David, Gros, Ingres, Taunay, Delacroix, Delaroche, and others.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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