ART 247 ART 247 Eighteenth Century Art: The Age of Revolutions
This course examines the history of art during the Age of Revolutions (1760-1830s), a time when ideas about freedom, human rights, and the pursuit of knowledge gave rise to modern nation states. The course will take us around the Atlantic World to study extraordinary events: the beheading of a French king, a successful slave revolt in Haiti and the anti-colonial struggles in the United States, across Mexico and South America. Through lectures and class assignments we will debate the role of art in political revolutions, understanding how art objects negotiate abstract ideas about history, power, race, gender, enslavement and freedom.
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