Renaissance and Baroque Art

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An overview of European art including painting, sculpture, and architecture created during the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. Discussion will include the social, religious and political contexts as well as the changing roles of artists and patrons during this time. Major Renaissance Breughel family will be discussed; from the Baroque perspective, figures such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens, and Rembrandt will play prominent roles in course discussion.