UMBR HORP 400 - Honors: Thinking About Art in Renaissanc

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Arcadia University

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This course examines five principal texts of Italian Renaissance art theory dealing with the art of painting in relation to contemporary artistic practice. The aim of this course is twofold: first, to gain insight into the purpose of Renaissance art theory, its key subjects and developments in Italy between 1436 (the date of the first treatise) and 1587 (the date of the last treatise for this course). The second aim is to assess the nature of the relationship between the theoretical views on painting codified in these texts and the practice of a number of the most prominent Italian painters, such as Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Piero della Francesca, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Andread del Sarto, Jacopo Pontormo, Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Belini, Titian, Lorenzo Lotto, Parmigianino, Correggio, Giorgio Vasari, Federico Barocci and Federico Zuccaro. Students will analyze each individual text in order to learn how these five authors approached painting and defined its nature, structure and aims. Special attention will be focused on establishing each author's views on the nature of imitation, the role of the artist's imagination, the development of style, the concept of beauty, expression, decorum, invention, and design. In addition, it will be examined what notions these authors propagated of the painter as an artist, his education, training and social and intellectual status (Perugia, Italy, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/itUmbraInstitute )

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4.00

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Lecture

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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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