ARH 4560 - Italian/Dutch Baroque Art History, Materials and Applied Techniques

3 Credit Hours 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours
Prerequisites ARH 2850, ARH 3150, ENGL 1101, and ENGL 1102.
This is a combination of a lecture/discussion course and a practical application course in which students will examine the art of 17th-century Italy and Holland. The first week of the course will be an art historical examination exploring the character of Italy and Holland as they developed according to historical, social, cultural and artistic trends, while the second week will involve the practical application of painting techniques popular to the Baroque period. These techniques will include, preparing a wood panel with gesso, toning the panel, transferring a preliminary, toned drawing, done with a Cont� white pencil, developing an underpainting, and then finally, the application of traditional glazing techniques.