Art & Drawing Ladder · College
Art History II: Baroque to Modern
From Caravaggio to mid-century modern: Baroque and Dutch painting, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism, Impressionism, Japanese prints, Mughal and Ottoman art, African and Native American arts, and the modern movements.
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Unit 1 The Baroque
7 topics
Drama, motion and light: Caravaggio and Bernini in Rome, Velázquez in Spain, Rubens and Van Dyck in Flanders, and Baroque building.
Unit 2 The Dutch Golden Age
5 topics
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Judith Leyster, and the landscapes and still lifes made for a market of buyers.
Unit 3 The Eighteenth Century
5 topics
Rococo grace, the Grand Manner portrait, Neoclassicism, and art in colonial and early America.
Unit 4 Romanticism and Realism
6 topics
Feeling and the sublime, the Hudson River School, Realism, photography and American painting after the Civil War.
Unit 5 Asia and the Islamic World, 1500 to 1900
6 topics
Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Japanese screens, Ming and Qing China, Joseon Korea, the Mughal, Ottoman and Safavid empires.
Unit 6 Impressionism and After
7 topics
Painting light and modern life, Monet's series, Seurat, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, and the pull of Japanese prints.
Unit 7 African and Native American Arts
3 topics
Masks, figures and textiles in Africa, the Benin Bronzes, and the arts of Native North America.
Unit 8 Modern Art to Mid-Century
11 topics
Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, De Stijl and the Bauhaus, Surrealism, modern architecture and photography, and Abstract Expressionism.
Unit 9 Recognizing Styles
3 topics
Telling periods apart, dating a work by its style, and comparing two works.