Art of the Northern Renaissance
and the Dutch Golden Age

From the late 15th through the 17th century, Northern Europe experienced the flowering of an unprecedented golden age of art. The era is marked by great artists like van Eyck, Durer, Bosch, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, and by an explosion of new varieties of art and new types of patrons. In this course we will focus on the paintings, prints, and drawings created during this era in Flanders (present-day Belgium) and the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands). We will examine the dynamic artistic traditions that emerged during this period of great political and religious crisis, and how art reacted and related to the changing world.