(= A HST 341) Art and Globalization in 18th Century Europe

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This course examines art produced in Europe during the eighteenth century, with an emphasis upon studying its social significance during a period of unprecedented global travel and commercial exchange. The course considers the visual and material aspects of many different artistic media in a range of European countries, and query how this art both represented and actively contributed to Europeans' understandings of their own societies, as well as their perceptions and misperceptions of Asian, Turkish, native American and African cultures. Special attention is also paid to the ways art helped to shape Europeans' gender politics and definitions of race both within Europe and in the slave-holding colonies of the Caribbean islands. Prerequisite(s): one Art History course; or junior or senior standing.