From Revolution to Romanticism: European Art of the 19th Century

Get an overview of the art of 1780 to 1900, a period of sweeping political and technological changes that had profound significance for the arts of European painting, sculpture and decoration. The revolt against absolutism and the example of American independence fostered a spirit of rebellion and a desire for individual freedom of expression, while greater opportunity to travel resulted in the absorption of new mythologies emphasizing the imagination and personal development. Illustrated lectures examine the art of Versailles and the French Academy, Neoclassicism; the German Romantics; Millet, Corot and the Barbizon School; the realism of Courbet and Manet; and finally the Impressionists, Symbolists and Postimpressionists of 19th-century France.