FAM 3095 - Music, Art, and Thought in Medici Florence

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University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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From c1420 to the end of the sixteenth century, Florence, Italy, witnessed a remarkable synergy of music, art, and thought. With the 1436 completion of the cathedral dome, an architectural and engineering feat designed by Brunelleschi, and the rise of the Medici dynasty, Florence became the embodiment of humanistic ideals. Inhabited by such artists as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, musicians Guillaume Du Fay and Heinrich Isaac, and writers Angelo Poliziano and Niccolò Machiavelli, Florence was the Renaissance city "par excellence." Florence also witnessed its share of calamities, particularly as religious fanaticism fomented by Girolamo Savonarola and then foreign invasion ravaged the city, before another branch of the Medici family retook the city by force. In this multi-disciplinary course we will study the political, economic, artistic, and cultural forces that gave rise to Florence as a vortex of European Renaissance civilization. The course will culminate with a one-week study tour of Florence, where history will come to life. The streets of modern Florence are relatively unchanged from Renaissance times, and an abundance of art and architecture remains available to modern viewers to experience first-hand.

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3.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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