HAA 2301 Special Topics Baroque - Thinking on Paper
Drawings offer us many ways of learning about artists' approaches to their work: preparatory studies for commissioned; studies for works they would like to carry out; sketches after other artists' work; even doodles - all contain clues about artists' intentions, their roles as teachers, their relations with patrons, their character and methods. Using the many excellent published catalogues of works by artists such as Annibale Carracci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain and Poussin, the seminar will give students a chance to think about drawings and process in the 17th century. There will be an exhibition of Old Master Drawings in Pittsburgh Collections at the Frick Museum in Point Breeze during the semester allowing us some access to original material. No prior experience with drawings is necessary.
