ART-HIST 313 - H Renaissnc Art & Mannrsm Ital

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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The development of the visual arts in the major artistic centers of Italy during the 16th century, including Florence, Rome, Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Parma, and Bologna. The lives and works of specific artists, such as Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, and Michelangelo. Focus on thematic issues concerning the relationship between art and society, including: the rise in so-cial status of the artist and the conception of artistic genius; the influence of patronage and collecting; art and the creation of political identities; women as subjects, patrons, and practitioners of art; classicism and "anti-classicism" (Mannerism); art and religious reform; government and city planning. Ms. Schmitter

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.umass.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 545-0111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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