Art History 201 by Janetta Rebold Benton March 24, 2010

Art History 201
Masterpieces of World Art: Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassicism
Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History and Director of the Pforzheimer Honors College, Pace University.

This series offers global insight into masterpieces of architecture, sculpture, and painting created from prehistory to our own day. This spring, the lecturer studies the period from about 1600 to 1800, comparing the art of the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical periods in Western Europe with contemporaneous achievements throughout the world.

This week’s topic:

March 24
Baroque in Italy: From Caravaggio to Bernini and Saint Peter’s Basilica; Mosque of Masjid-i-Shah in Iran; Manuscript Painting in India; Himeji Castle in Japan

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