ACCF AHMM 210 - Italian Renaissance Art

Institution:

Arcadia University

Subject:

Description:

A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in 15th and 16th century Italy, with special attention to Florence's monuments and museums, and major Tuscan artists including Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo. Alongside stylistic and typological developments, the course investigates the contexts of Renaissance patronage, biography, culture and society. The course seeks to probe beyond the overview of Italian Renaissance art that many students bring to the program. Works in museums, major and minor, and in churches, streets, tabernacles, and restoration studios are brought into the course. Students are trained to employ a descriptive and theoretical vocabulary appropriate to the period under examination, and to analyze works in terms of style and content. Museum and city visits in the context of the course seek to utilize the rich collections of the city. These include the Galleria dell'Accademia, the Galleria degli Uffizi, the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, the Galleria Palatina, the Medici Chapel, the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, and San Marco. Current, relevant exhibitions at these museums or elsewhere are incorporated in the course. The goal is to make museum-going and the critical study of artworks a personal pattern. To this end, there is reference to many other collections and places (churches, monuments) in the city, in Tuscany, and Italy. (Florence, Italy, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/itFlorence)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.arcadia.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 572-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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