Finally, we will explore the conception and portrayal of women, including the depiction of the Virgin Mary, female saints, nuns and secular women. The class does not require previous knowledge of Renaissance art. Emphasis will be placed on the social, religious, dynastic, political and economic aspects of art patronage. Major artists to be studied include Holbein, Hilliard, van Dyck, Lely, Kneller, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner, Constable, Lawrence, Wilkie, the pre-Raphaelites and the Victorian genre painters. Slide quizzes, a mid-term and a final examination.
Enrollment is by permission of instructor.
A lecture course on the purpose and operation of an art museum. The purpose of a special exhibition, its attendant publications and programs, will be discussed. Students will be involved with the presentation of an exhibition for the Bayly Art Museum. A survey of Greek sculpture, both free-standing and architectural, in the archaic and classical periods. The purpose of the seminar is two-fold.