Oct 13, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog

ARTH 3455 - Nineteenth-Century Art

This course is an introduction to the major themes in nineteenth-century European art, with an emphasis on French, and to a lesser degree, American art. Beginning with the art of the pre-Revolutionary period and ending with the Post-Impressionists, this course will include a discussion of the impact of the resolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848, the Napoleonic presence abroad, the shift from history paintings to scenes of every day life, and changes in attitude toward sexuality.

Credits: 3

Prereq: ARTH 1101   or ARTH 2211  
Lecture hours: 3
Course/lab fee: ART1