ARTT-291 Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
This course will examine the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Italian Renaissance from its origins in the medieval world of the thirteenth century through the end of the Renaissance in the sixteenth century. We will highlight the city of Florence but will also discuss important surrounding cities including Rome. We will consider the art of Florence through the eyes of Giorgio Vasari, a sixteenth-century artist who wrote biographies on many of the great Renaissance artists that preceded him. Vasari's Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects organizes the Renaissance artists through the notion of progress beginning with Cimabue and leading up to Michelangelo-the ideal model of the perfect Renaissance artist.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in
ENGL-121.