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Topic
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Required Readings
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Assignments & special instructions
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Jan 17
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Course Introduction: In and Out of Rome
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Readings for each lecture should be completed before the lecture
•For background and review, read Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo: Art and Culture, Chapters 1 & 2. On library reserve
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Jan 19
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The Act of Picturing and the Beginning of the Baroque
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•Rudolf Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Vol. 1, Ch. 3.
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Jan 24
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The School of the Carracci and Caravaggisti on the Italian Peninsula
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•Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy, Vol. 1, Ch. 4 “Caravaggio’s Followers and the Carracci School in Rome”
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Jan 26
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Artemisia Gentileschi and “Exceptional” Women Painters
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•Mary Garrard, Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art, Introduction and Ch. 5 “Judith”
•Jesse Locker, Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting, Ch. 5. “L’immagine dell’autrice” Artemisia’s Self-Portraits Revisited”
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Jan 31
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Imperial Representation and Architecture in Spain, 1590-1625
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 3 pp. 199-207.
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Feb 2
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Mysticism and Verism in Early Baroque Spanish Painting
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•Jonathan Brown, Painting in Spain: 1500-1700, Ch. 5 “Naturalism in Castile and Valencia 1598-1621”
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Feb 7
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Rubens, Van Dyck and Aristocratic Self-Representation
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 2 “Flanders”
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Feb 9
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Flemish Painting and the Expansion of Art Collecting
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Feb 11
Friday Makeup
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The Rise of Portraiture in Dutch Painting
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 5 to p. 373
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Feb 14
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Rembrandt and the Practice of Painting
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Feb 16
Friday Makeup
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Architecture and Urban Space: Comparative Practices, 1600-1640
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•Wittkower, Art and Architecture, Vol. 1, Ch. 6 and Vol. 2, Ch. 6, pp. 110-120 (on Venice, Florence and Naples)
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Feb 18
Friday Makeup
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Research Workshop
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Feb 21
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Spanish Art under Philip IV
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•Jonathan Brown, Painting in Spain: 1500-1700, Ch. 7
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Feb 23
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Midterm review and discussion
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•Go back through readings and come prepared with questions for discussion
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Feb 28
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Midterm Exam
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MIDTERM EXAM
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March 2
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Spanish and Italian Connections and Exchange (Ribera, Murillo)
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•Jonathan Brown, Painting in Spain: 1500-1700, Ch. 9 “Jusepe de Ribera: A Spaniard in Italy”
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Mar 7
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Special Lecture: Velazquez’ Las Meninas
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•See special handout with bibliography on this painting: choose 2 readings to discuss in class and for paper
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Mar 9
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Dutch Painting and Colonial Visions
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 5, pp. 373-399
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Mar 16
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Interior Spaces and the Act of Looking in Dutch Painting
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•Martha Hollander, An Entrance for the Eyes, Ch. 3 “Nicolaes Maes: Space as Domestic Territory”
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Mar 28
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France: Building the Modern State
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 4, pp. 252-270
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TEST 2
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Mar 30
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Versailles and Its Impact
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•continued from last class
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Apr 4
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Claude Lorrain and Poussin: Imaging a Golden Age
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 4, pp. 270-321
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Apr 6
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Printmaking and Its Uses: Democratizing Art
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•Arthur M. Hind, A History of Engraving and Etching, Ch. 5 and Ch. 6
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Apr 11
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Printmaking and Its Uses: Politicizing Art
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*Reading TBA
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Apr 13
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Italianizing England
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•Ann Sutherland Harris, 17th-Century Art and Architecture, Ch. 6, pp. 403-415
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Apr 20
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Northern Italy: Torino and Venice
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• Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy, Vol. II, pp. 110-120; Vol. III, Ch. 3
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Apr 27
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Review for Final Exam
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FINAL EXAM DATE AND LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
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