Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Summer Quarter 2008
• Autumn Quarter 2008

Johann Reusch
TCXIN 477
Tacoma Campus

Patronage, Religion, and Propaganda in European Culture 1545-1750)

Explores the impact of shifting patronage by institutions, governments, and individuals on cultural production during the mid-sixteenth through early eighteenth centuries. Examines the influence of politics, religion, and intellectual thought on the arts in a socioeconomic context. Particular emphasis on Papal Rome, the European courts, and the Dutch republic.

Class description

TCXIN 477 Patronage, Religion, and Propaganda in European Culture (1545-1750)

Explores the role of cultural production under the impact of shifting patronage, such as propaganda in the service of institutions, governments, and individuals, during the late 16th through early 18th centuries. Examines the influence of politics, religion, and intellectual thought on arts and culture in a socioeconomic context. Focusses on the Counter-Reformation, Papal Rome, the Dutch Republic, and the French court.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

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Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

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