ARTH 340: Early Renaissance Art in Italy, 1300-1500

ARTH 340-001: Renaissance Art in Italy: 1300-1500
(Fall 2016)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR

Art & Design Building L008

Section Information for Fall 2016

This course is a survey of the major monuments of Italian art and architecture from 1300 to 1500.   Traditionally, this period is studied through the productions of one great artist after another from Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi and Botticelli to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. But this course will also give equal emphasis to the broader intellectual trends and social realities that provide a context for our understanding of the artist’s creations. Thus, Italian churches will be juxtaposed with gender-segregated social practice, theories of genius with concepts of handicraft, and pagan ideals with Christian rituals.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies in architecture, sculpture, and painting in the age of Giotto, Ghiberti, Masaccio, and Botticelli. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Arts
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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