TRAH 201 - Great Age of Fresco:Mural Painting-Italy

Institution:

Moore College of Art and Design

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Description:

This course traces the development of fresco painting on site in Italy. Students will experience first-hand the contexts, functions and techniques of fresco decoration in Italy. We will examine Italian frescoes from their earliest origins in Etruscan tombs and domestic use in ancient Roman villa decor, through their re-emergence as a major form of Romanesque and late medieval church decoration, to their "flowering" as the preferred mural medium throughout Renaissance Italy. The course will culminate with an exploration of the medium's illusionistic potential for ceiling decoration in Baroque Rome.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.moore.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 568-4515

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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