ARTH 357 - Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi

FDR: HA, GE4a
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010

Prerequisite: ARTH 102 or permission of the instructor.This seminar focuses on the work of Baroque painters Caravaggio (1573-1610) and Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca. 1653). We explore Caravaggio’s intense naturalism and the controversy it caused, his sense of drama, and supernatural light. Gentileschi was deeply influenced by Caravaggio but developed her own unique style. Seminar themes include the 1612 rape trial and its impact on Gentileschi’s career, issues of attribution, and proto-feminism.Lepage.

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