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Mar 14, 2026
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AH 2192 - Advanced Topics in Art History: Art and Context: Biographies of Great ArtistsSemester Hours: 3 This course explores the importance of the historical context for the study of art by analyzing the works and biographies of 12 major figures in the Western tradition: Andrei Rublev; Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo Buonarroti; Artemisia Gentileschi; El Greco; Caravaggio; Jacques-Louis David; Francisco Goya y Lucientes; Vincent Van Gough; Toulouse Lautrec; Mark Chagall; and Jackson Pollock. Course readings include both documentary and fictionalized biographies of artists, while class sections heavily rely on visual materials, such as slides and films. One of the class sessions will be held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: This course is cross-listed with AH 192 .
Summer 2010 Offering: SSII
70609: TBA; Naymark
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