Travel and European Art | Art & the History of Art

Fall 2026

Worlds in Contact: Travel and European Art

Listed in: Art and the History of Art, as ARHA-210  |  European Studies, as EUST-210

Faculty

Zoë Dostal (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as ARHA 210 and EUST 210) This course examines the function of journey and motion within the creation of artwork in early trendy Europe. During this era, rising skilled ambitions, unprecedented instructional alternatives, and rising political instability motivated artists to journey inside Europe and, more and more, throughout the globe. At the identical time, the circulation and change of artworks and concepts generated new artwork types, starting from oil work to botanical research. Throughout the semester, we’ll discover the forces that mobilized each individuals and objects. Topics will embrace the invention of latest creative methods, the calls for of royal court docket tradition, the start of tourism and museums, and the function of artwork and artists in facilitating and selling European colonialism. This course will emphasize the examine of early trendy main sources and the appliance of postcolonial idea to artwork historic evaluation.

Fall 2026: Visiting Assistant Prof. Dostal

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Students who enroll on this course will possible encounter and be anticipated to have interaction within the following mental abilities, modes of studying, and evaluation: Emphasis on important studying, written work, visible evaluation, viewing objects on the Mead.

Keywords

Attention to Writing
Divisions: Humanities

Course Tags

ARHA: History of Art – Americas/Europe; History of Art – Before 1900; History of Art – Theory and Methodology; Practice of Art – History of Art Course

Course Materials

Offerings

2025-26: Not provided
Other years: Offered in Fall 2026