Caravaggio
HRS 134 -- The Culture of
the Baroque and Enlightenment
California State University,
Sacramento
Department of Humanities and Religious Studies
College of Arts and Letters
Fall 2002
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W.A.Mozart
Catalog Description: A multi-faceted survey of the culture of Europe and North America in the Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment. Emphasizes literature, music, painting, architecture and ideas in France, Britain, Germany and Italy.
3 Units.
J.S. Bach
Gianlorenzo Bernini
J.-B. Moliere
Miguel Cervantes
Pope Urban VIII
Course Description: This course is intended for HRS majors and for students from other disciplines wanting to expand their knowledge of this period and in fulfilling the CSUS Advanced Study requirement. Students must pass the WPE before enrolling in this course; there is no formal course prerequisite, although History 5 (Modern Western Civilization) or HRS 11 (Arts and Ideas of the West, II) is helpful as background material.
In the course students will focus on gaining an appreciation of the diversity and meaning of the humanities in this period, on writing critical thought essays on issues raised in the class, and on deepening their own sensitivity to and appreciation of works of art, music and literature.
The humanities of this period is full of dynamism, color and drama, from the panoply of baroque Rome and the trial of Galileo to the dawn of the Age of Revolution and the stirrings of national consciousness in Germany.
For subjects covered, consult the attached syllabus.
Velazquez, "...Two Watches"
Spain History
LouisXIV
Urban VIII
Mary Stuart
Mannerism
Counter-Reform
The Baroque
The Rococo
The Enlightenment
Neo-Classical
Cervantes
Galileo
Moliere
Montesquieu
Newton
Racine
Rousseau
Schiller
Voltaire
Corelli
Haydn
J.S. Bach
Vivaldi
Mozart
Handel
Gluck
Rosso Fiorentino
"Deposition" 1528
Michelangelo
Tiepolo
Tintoretto
El Greco
Velazquez
Caravaggio
Rubens
Poussin
Zurbaran
Titian
Assignments
Mannerist Assignmnt
Baroque Assignment
Spanish Baroque
Galileo Review
Rinconete
Criticism
Baroque Concerto
Candide
Classical Symphony
Email List
Summary
Summary II
Guidelines...Papers
Diagnostic Essay
Essay #1
Essay #2
Essay #3
FinalExamQuestions
Poster for Puccini's Opera
Caravaggio, The Calling of Matthew
M. Jourdain
Instructor: George S. Craft
More information is available on Dr. Craft's homepage. You may contact the instructor via e-mail at gcraft@csus.edu.