ARTHI 340 - Advanced Italian Renaissance Art

2 or 4 credit(s)
Course surveys the major developments in 15th - 16th c. Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture as distinct pursuits, but also as related endeavors. In a contextual analysis, students explore the meanings and functions of art and architecture, focusing on the historical, religious, political, cultural, intellectual, and socio-economic contexts that shaped these works. Emphasis is placed on the revival of Humanism and classical ideologies and their implications on the visual arts as well as the patronage by individuals and city-states to construct or challenge power relations. In this framework, students also learn methods and vocabulary of art analysis and interpretation while expanding their knowledge on other topics such as function, iconography, stylistic innovations by major artists and architects, class, gender, commercialization, and making and materials. Offered as a bi-level course with ARTHI 240. Students cannot take both ARTHI 240 and ARTHI 340 for credit.
Offered: Spring, alternate years

Core Requirement(s): Analysis and Interpretation of Texts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above (30 or more completed credits).