Middlebury

HARC 0247

Impressionism/Post-Impression

Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism (1850-1905)
In this course, we will examine three prominent artistic movements that evolved in France during the second half of the 19th century. This historical moment witnessed the emergence of a bourgeois industrial society and the rise of Parisian modernity. Looking at artists such as Courbet, Manet, Monet, Cassatt, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin, we consider how these figures artistically engaged with the rapidly changing urban landscape, new scientific theories of color and optics, and France’s growing colonial empire. In doing so, we will explore the ways in which the race, gender, and class inform social concepts of the time around the artist and the model, labor and leisure, and modernity and primitivism. 3 hrs. lect.
Subject:
History of Art & Architecture
Department:
History of Art & Architecture
Division:
Humanities
Requirements Fulfilled:
ART EUR HIS

Sections

Fall 2024

HARC0247A-F24 Lecture (Rogers)

Fall 2018

HARC0247A-F18 Lecture (Hoving)

Fall 2017

HARC0247A-F17 Lecture (Hoving)

Fall 2015

HARC0247A-F15 Lecture (Hoving)

Fall 2014

HARC0247A-F14 Lecture (Hoving)

Fall 2013

HARC0247A-F13 Lecture (Hoving)

Fall 2012

HARC0247A-F12 Lecture (Hoving)