The intensive study of some selected art form, movement, or other specialized subject in studio art and in art history. This is for seniors with a good record in art history courses. In recent years, students have held internships at such places as the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, MA, and the National Art Collections Fund of Great Britain. Courses Offered in the Washington College Abroad Programs 150. Methods and Monuments Painting, sculpture, and architecture studied as artistic and cultural expressions of their times.
Emphasis is on selected major artists, monuments, and methods of analysis.
Offered in the London program only, both fall and spring semesters. Renaissance tradition to Art Nouveau and the rise of the skyscraper. Offered in the London program only, both fall and spring semesters. This course surveys developments in art in France during the nineteenth century. The periods and movements studied are Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and Symbolism.