Course Description
Major monuments, artists, and subjects of art from the late fourteenth through the sixteenth century in Europe.
Athena Title
Renaissance Art
Prerequisite
ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course traces artistic developments in Italy, above all, Florence from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. Major figures to be considered include Giotto, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Donatello, Masaccio, Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Students will be tested three times over the course of the semester. Each exam constitutes one-third of the final grade.
Topical Outline
I. The Dugento background II. Cimabue and Duccio III. Giotto and the Lorenzetti IV. Early Renaissance architecture and sculpture V. Masaccio VI. Painting in Florence at mid-century VII. Botticelli VIII. High Renaissance painting IX. Michelangelo
Syllabus