ARTH 534 - Renaissance Time

Institution:

Williams College

Subject:

Art History

Description:

"Once upon a time," noted the historian, Randolph Starn, "the Renaissance set its clocks and calendars to keep modern time." So what time is kept in today's Renaissance? This thematic course proposes an investigation of the subject of temporality and Renaissance art. Our focus will include, but certainly not be limited to, issues of periodization and the role of the Renaissance in historical narratives. We will consider the historical construction of the High Renaissance, for example, but we will also investigate the relationship between early 16th-century conceptions of time (typological, millenarian, etc.) and the visual world. And in addition to thinking about time as internal to works of art, we will consider the temporal implications of the experience of objects. Specific topics will range from the perennial question of the Renaissance individual to newer concerns such as Renaissance anachronism and the emergent global history of the 16th century.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.williams.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 597-3131

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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