ARTH 3250 - Baroque Art in Europe

The 17th century was a time of dynamic political, social, and religious changes calling for a re-examination of tradition and the purposes of art. Many artists in Italy, Flanders, Holland, Spain, France, and England experimented with ways of involving the viewer in their art for persuasion and more engagement in the issues of the day. The course expands on the introduction in Art History 2500 with an exploration of ways that works of painting, sculpture and architecture serve a cultural purpose in the conception and propagation of ideas.