ARTH 203 - F/Renaissance Europe: Rebirth of Classical Culture

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
General Education Area(s): The Arts

This course surveys Western European art in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands from the beginning of the Renaissance at the papal Court in Avignon to its fruition in Fifteenth Century Florentine humanism. Connections between art and the changing role of the family, the development of nation-states, the increased importance and power of women in society and the new educational curriculum will be explored. Offered fall, even years.