AP European History

THE CHANGING ROLE OF ART IN SOCIETY

Online resources:

http://www.smarthistory.org/

LECTURE 1: 9/21/09

The Renaissance (1400-mid 1500s): The Autonomy of Art and the Social Status of the Artist.

We will begin the art history lectures comparing early Renaissance Art in Florence and Northern Renaissance Art.

LECTURE 2: 10/12/09

Mannerism and Baroque (1500s-1700): A reaction to the Renaissance

LECTURE 3: 9/26/09

Rococo AND Neo-Classicism: (1700s) The project of the Enlightenment: a new Society and its Discontents.

LECTURE 4: 11/16/09

Field Trip the Rare Book Room and the Art Institute