Art 265 - Renaissance Art

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Macalester College

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This course offers a broad view of the painting, sculpture and architecture produced in Italy in the years between 1250 and 1500. It will study a wide range of commissions in the various Italian city-states, as well as in papal Rome, in an effort to understand the many ways in which art played a political role in this period. Works by artists such as Giotto, Cimabue, Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Alberti, Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli, among many others, will be thoroughly discussed. In order to address the most important historical developments of this period, issues such as the Black Death, the French invasion of Italy, and the fall of the Medici in Florence, will also be explored. Three hours per week. Prerequisites: Art 160, Art 261, or permission of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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