HA 344

Art Theory and Criticism in Early Modern Europe

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

A study of selected texts from the period c. 1480-1780, when a body of literature emerged in which the aims and evaluation criteria of the visual arts were systematically articulated and debated. Texts will be discussed in relationship to changing artistic practices, and to relevant aspects of European social and intellectual history.

Undergraduate course in History in Art offered by the Department of History in Art in the Faculty of Fine Arts.