Topic: American Artists in Europe, 1870-1900
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:00am- | Th | Emerson Hall E101 | Merrill, Linda. | HAPW. | 4 | 12628 | TBA. |
In the decades between the Civil War and the first World War, American artists flocked to Europe in unprecedented numbers to burnish their reputations with cosmopolitan credentials. This seminar will explore the experience and achievement of those artists of the Gilded Age. Particular attention will be devoted to women artists, who sought to escape not only the prejudices impeding their professional training but also the confines of a conservative society. The renowned triumvirate of American expatriates James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt will figure prominently in this course, but their international acclaim will be considered within the context of broader artistic and cultural trends that inspired artists to travel beyond the capitals of Europe to more picturesque regions in Italy, France, Holland, Spain, Germany, and England.
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