GSST 170: WOMEN ARTISTS IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE, 1400-1600

University of California, Riverside

4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of sophomore, junior, or senior. Surveys the lives and work of women artists in Renaissance Europe. Considers circumstances under which it was possible for women to become artists; how they evolved from practicing in the cloistered convent to participating in the competitive public market place; what they painted; and who their patrons were. Cross-listed with AHS 165, and HISE 133.