Page 85 of Saint Anselm College 2002 - 2003 Catalog by Saint Anselm College Manchester New Hampshire

86 7 The influence of Humanist thought on the development of a distinc- Renaissance Art tive new style, shaped by the study of Roman buildings and sculpture. The emergence of artist scholars like Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci, influential for their theoretical writings as well as their works of art. 8 European painting, sculpture and architecture from the seventeenth Baroque Art through the late eighteenth century. The spread of the dramatic Baroque style from Italy throughout Europe (Bernini, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Tiepolo, Reynolds). The development of the more intimate Rococo style, bourgeois realism, and Neoclassicism. 9 An examination of revolutionary change in painting, sculpture, and Nineteenth architecture, the changing role of the artist in society from courtier to Century Art critic to activist and mystic recluse. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism are among the movements studied. 10 A study of revolutionary individuals and movements in the visual arts Twentieth of the 20th century, including Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Century Art Constructionism, Dadaism, the Bauhaus, and Surrealism. Emphasis on European works up to 1945. 11 Aspects of the American experience as reflected in painting, sculpture, The Arts of the architecture, and photography from the colonial period to the end United States of World War II. Major artists, themes, and movements in the United and the States with consideration of artistic developments throughout the Americas the Americas. 14 The course examines the clash between the progressives, those who History of embraced the new technologies and the search for a distinctively Modern modern style, and the traditionalists who tried to stem the tide. It also Architecture studies problems in housing, high-rise buildings and urban design brought to the fore by the effects of industrialization. 15 An exploration of contemporary trends in the visual arts and of the Contemporary role of the artist in society from 1945 to the present with emphasis on Art American art. Areas of study will include abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, earthworks, neo-expressionism, video, performance art, post-modernism, the breaking of traditional media boundaries, etc. 16 An introduction to the art and architecture of Latin America from Survey of Latin pre-Columbian civilizations to the present. Native American, European, American Art and African traditions are considered separately and in combination as they lead to contemporary Latin American art forms.

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