Impressionism & Post-Impress

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This course examines art and architecture in Europe and the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a period of dramatic social and political turmoil, unprecedented advancements in technology and science, and incredible innovation and creativity, and artists responded in various ways to what seemed an ever-changing and uncertain world. We will explore the works of artists such as Manet, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Seurat, and van Gogh, to name just a few, in light of events such as war and revolution, industrialization, global expansion and colonialism, and changes in the art world. We will consider the reception of the work of these artists by their contemporaries and by later audiences, and examine these works within their wider artistic, cultural, political, and social contexts