Walter Stuempfig is a stoop-shouldered Philadelphian with an unruly little mustache and a worried look. He has less to worry about than most artists, for at 35 Stuempfig is a solid critical and ...

This course examines the development of art in Germany from the spiritualism of Romanticism (Caspar David Friedrich and the Nazarenes) to explorations of sexuality, Darwinian theory, and the ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900, as compositions became increasingly expressive and inventive. Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and ...

The beginning of the Romantic period in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ... with numerous authors creating outstanding works of art that echoed throughout the world. It is also a period when ...

and these will be contextualized through the tentpole themes of Romanticism and Modernism. The European artistic canon will be studied to understand the art historical importance afforded to certain ...