FYSM 103 - Art,Money and Murder:Renaissance Forence,1300-1600

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Trinity College

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Florence witnessed the birth of magnificent art, international finance and the modern city. Against this backdrop the complex political struggles between Pope and Emperor, the republic and the Medicis, and Guelphs and Ghibellines played out. What emerged was a transformed society with a new emphasis on civic culture, as expressed in the art, architecture and social institutions of the city. This seminar will examine the interaction of all these forces from Dante and the republicans to Michelangelo and the Medicis to gain an understanding of why and how the Renaissance came about. Our journey through three centuries will borrow from many disciplines and will include a variety of materials, from the more typical texts on Florentine art to the more unusual studies and personal accounts of the children, women and ordinary workers of the period. Along the way, we will examine the relationship between Florentine merchant culture and the rise of more permissive spending habits, between changing notions about what constitutes a virtuous life and the growing civic responsibility of the individual, and, lastly, between private patronage and the growth of both religious and secular art. Conditions permitting, the seminar will continue with a spring semester colloquium and culminate in a trip to Florence in May 2004 (Neither is a requirement for participating in the fall seminar. 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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