AH 314 - Sculpture in Renaissance Italy

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Moore College of Art and Design

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Large scale, figural sculpture re-emerged as a very public and very powerfully expressive form of art in Renaissance Italy, for the first time since Antiquity. The conditions and problems ofcreating sculpture in the 15th and 16th century-always public, always functional, always site-specific and usually commissioned by a specific patron, as well as often collaborative in nature yet with significant distinctions drawn between the artist/designer and the workshop that may have actually produced the work of art-are issues that are still with us when we contemplate the role of sculpture today. How did Renaissance artists like Donatello and Michelangelo negotiate these issues and yet create works we still consider to be expressive of their distinct personalities? How did Renaissance sculptors balance and reconcile the requirements of their patrons with their personal, artistic vision? This course proposes to explore these issues while examining the development of monumental sculpture as unique category of art in Renaissance Italy. Satisfies: Art History/Liberal Arts elective requirement

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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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