Renaissance Art History in Florence

LA AH RA 300
Credits 3
Contact Hours 45

This art history courses gives the student a unique and stimulating opportunity to study Renaissance art in Florence - the city of its birth. The course wil provide students with an in-depth exploration of Florentine Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture throughout the 15th century and into the beginning of the 16th century. Students will not only learn to identify the individual styles of artists such as Donatello, Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, but they will also be able to relate the artists and their work to the social, religious, philosophical, political and cultural contexts of the time.

The many visits to museums, churches, palaces, and other on-site teaching form an integral and essential part of this course. Students will also be expected to carry out homework assignments related to museums and other art historical sites not included in the class visits.

Prerequisites: This course is not open to students who lack a background in the history of art. The minimum requirement is a college-level survey of Western Art or its equivalent.