Looking for a CORE Advanced Studies course that intersects with psychology? Register for ARTH 346 Summer Session II!

ARTH 346: Nineteenth-Century European Art from 1850
Summer Session II: July 9 – August 19
Monday through Friday, 10:00-11:20am

 The late-nineteenth century was a dramatic time filled with rapid changes in politics, science, and social theory, and the art world dealt with all of it. How did artists respond to these changes? Can art drive these changes?

This course will instruct on the intersections of art and…

Politics and economics
Literature
Optics and color theory
Industry
Psychology

Darwinism- social, biological…
Painting technique and materials
Social change, the rise of the bourgeoisie 

Students will study some of the world’s most beloved artists- Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin (and many more!) and the ways their personal relationships with each other as well as with poets, novelists, journalists, and scientists impacted the development of artistic trends in France and elsewhere in Europe.

To register, visit www.testudo.umd.edu/ScheduleOfClasses.html

Questions? Contact Caroline Shields at shieldsc@umd.edu.