Course Description

A multicultural survey of Italian art from the end of the Gothic period through the Renaissance. Discussion of major art forms from the period including painting, sculpture, and architecture. The multicultural influences that formed Italian Renaissance art will be examined. Emphasis will be placed upon how Renaissance art reflected the culture in terms of symbols, techniques, materials, and subject matter. Also included in the course content is an examination of how Renaissance ideas influenced and formed other European cultures and the subsequent Baroque era. Illustrated lecture, reading, assignments, and study of related exhibitions.