ARTH 102: European Art and Civilization After
1400
Instructor: Professor Larry Silver
Course Description
Introduction to painting, sculpture, graphics,
and architecture from the Renaissance era to the present. Emphasis on Europe
and America, plus attention to contemporary centers in Asia, chiefly from
the Islamic world. Emphasis on close study of major monuments, their
patrons, and their cultural significance, enhanced with looking assignments
and discussions from original works at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Students should complete this course with a good general sense of major
art movements and artists, as well as major modes of visual analysis and
topics of visual art as a dimension of cultural history. This course
is also required as foundational for all under-graduate Art History majors.
Class format will be three lectures per week
with a weekly discussion section. Evaluation by two shorter papers,
midterm examination and final. WATU credit optional. No prerequisites,
though background in European history is useful.
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