FIA400.4 : Inventing the Renaissance: Visual Culture in 15th-Century Italy
Description:
Was the Renaissance a rebirth? Who invented this term and concept? This course explores the new developments in fifteenth-century Italian visual culture that became the defining characteristics of the early Renaissance period. Major works of painting, architecture and sculpture by Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli, and others, are examined in situ whenever possible. Topics relevant to the study of art in any period include artistic competition, scientific invention, art and devotion, images as political propaganda, and family and gender. Frequent site visits to museums and monuments in Florence and day trips to Arezzo/San Sepolcro/Monterchi and Mantua are required. A course-related fee will be billed from Syracuse (2008-09 fee = $220).
Students cannot enroll in both this course and FIA 301. Prereq: At least one course in art history or Renaissance history or consent of the instructor.
Available Locations:
Italy
Semester(s) Offered:
Offered: Spring, Fall
Credits:
3
Department:
Fine Arts
