OSHER 804 - Baroque Art: The Age of Rembrandt and Rubens

Seventeenth-century European culture provided a rich environment for the creation of dynamic, theatrical, and exuberant works of art. Baroque artists like Rembrandt, Rubens, Bernini, and Caravaggio were superbly suited to express the robust ideas of the era that followed the Italian Renaissance. Explore the cultural and intellectual traditions that led to the creation of masterpieces like Rembrandt's 'Nightwatch' and Bernini's stately double colonnade that defines the area of St. Peter's square in Rome.