Topics explore themes and problems, often reflect current research interests of the instructor, and supplement regular curricular offerings. Open to all interested students, including graduate students. Some background in art history desirable. For specific questions concerning preparation for a 190 course, please see individual instructor. Detailed descriptions of current and future offerings in this series available in 416 Doe Library.

*This course will not meet for discussion section. The artistic heritage of Venice is the combined result of unique local geographic conditions and extensive engagement with a larger multi-cultural world. The material cultures of the Mediterranean – from the Islamic marble intarsia of the Ottoman Empire to the Byzantine painting of Venetian Crete – contributed to the formation of a complex tradition of oil painting. The Venetian painters Carpaccio, Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Sebastiano del Piombo and Tiepolo not only created works for local religious institutions and churches, their activities beyond the city and the transmission of their art had an impact on the visual cultures of the Spanish Empire, the Counter-Reformation, and international aristocratic architectural projects. This course fulfills the following Major requirements: Geographical areas (A), and Chronological period (II), based on the topic of the final research paper or project.

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