Early Europe and Colonial Americas Art
IntermediateEarly European and Colonial Americas art from 200 to 1750 CE.
Byzantine mosaics and icons, Romanesque sculpture and architecture, Gothic cathedrals and stained glass, Italian Renaissance perspective and humanism, Northern Renaissance oil technique, Mannerism, Baroque drama and Counter-Reformation art, Rococo elegance, and colonial syncretism in the Americas.
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- •Analyze Byzantine visual conventions and theological function
- •Compare Romanesque and Gothic architectural innovations
- •Evaluate Renaissance perspective and humanism
- •Examine Baroque drama and Counter-Reformation patronage
- •Assess colonial syncretism in the Americas
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