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Art
History 352
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AIMS OF COURSE: The course is designed to introduce you to a broad span of nineteenth-century German art history in its historical, cultural, and social contexts. The primary emphasis is on painting, graphics, sculpture, and architecture, but we will also consider Germany's position within the larger international history of nineteenth-century art. I will cover major figures and movements with an eye to their national and international connections (neo-classicism, romanticism, Biedermeier, realism, Gründerzeit, impressionism, naturalism, symbolism, and Jugendstil) and focus on several of the key figures (Kauffmann, Runge, Friedrich, Schinkel, the Nazarenes, Menzel, the Dusseldorf School, Feuerbach, Marées, Böcklin, Leibl, Trübner, Liebermann, Klinger, Kollwitz, Corinth, Hodler, Stuck, and Klimt). I will combine a variety of approaches to deal with individuals, movements, themes, institutions, cities, and responses to contemporary developments. I am far less interested to have you amass a large body of facts and information than to have you learn to see, read, and talk about these works in context. I want to teach you to see, analyze, and understand the works of art, and to articulate how their complexities of form and meaning are related to the time and place in which they were produced. To this end, I will give much importance to learning to look. I will also place much emphasis on writing & revising as they help you to clarify and discipline your thoughts and to put art historical practices to work. All of you will write short responses to specific issues or questions, as well as a short paper on an original work of art, quizzes, and final examinations. Through this emphasis on writing and through class discussion, I hope to engage you regularly as active participants & facilitators of our exploration of this period. REQUIRED TEXTS (tentative): RECOMMENDED TEXTS: P: So. standing & AH 202 or consent of instructor. |