Some of the most fascinating developments in the European visual culture are associated with the so-called “Age of Exploration,” a period stretching from the early 15th to the early 17th century. As Europeans embarked on various travels around the world in search of new trading routes, they encountered numerous lands, peoples, and cultures they had never imagined.
In this course, we look at some of the reflections of these encounters in the visual arts and the material culture of the period – from the growth of private collections of wonders, to works of art that express spiritual dilemmas arising from the recognition that the world as the Europeans had known it was gone forever.
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| W 2:00pm – 4:30pm |