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HART 550 Caravaggio
3 Credits
Caravaggio was one of the greatest artists of all
time. He was also one of the most controversial.
Nicolas Poussin once said of Caravaggio that he
came into the world to destroy the art of painting. Artist,
convicted murderer, and adventurer, Caravaggio was
offensive and provocative in art as in life. His drunks
and thugs impersonating saints set in Rome’s filthy
alleys and seedy taverns shook the art world to the core.
Caravaggio sneered at classicism and the canons held
sacred since the Renaissance and chose to rely on
natural observation instead. This course focuses on issues
of style, content, and patronage to understand Caravaggio’s
art and its deeper implications. Was his rejection of
refinement a criticism of the excesses of the church?
Was it an appeal by the embattled Roman church
to the poor and underprivileged? Or was it simply a radical
avant-garde statement for its own sake?
Last Offered Terms
Course Name
SU Credit
Fall 2021-2022
Caravaggio
3
Spring 2019-2020
Caravaggio
3
Fall 2018-2019
Caravaggio
3
Spring 2016-2017
Caravaggio
3
Spring 2013-2014
Caravaggio
3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
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| Caravaggio was one of the greatest artists of all time. He was also one of the most controversial. Nicolas Poussin once said of Caravaggio that he came into the world to destroy the art of painting. Artist, convicted murderer, and adventurer, Caravaggio was offensive and provocative in art as in life. His drunks and thugs impersonating saints set in Rome’s filthy alleys and seedy taverns shook the art world to the core. Caravaggio sneered at classicism and the canons held sacred since the Renaissance and chose to rely on natural observation instead. This course focuses on issues of style, content, and patronage to understand Caravaggio’s art and its deeper implications. Was his rejection of refinement a criticism of the excesses of the church? Was it an appeal by the embattled Roman church to the poor and underprivileged? Or was it simply a radical avant-garde statement for its own sake? | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | |||||||||||||||||||
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