AHY 500 - Italian Renaissance Art

Credits: 3.0
This course will survey Italian Renaissance art from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in Florence, Rome, and Venice. A revival of interest in the study of Classical antiquity and in the study of the natural world during this period inspired artists to work in an increasingly naturalistic manner. This trend culminated in the sixteenth century with a period known as the High Renaissance, which produced works of unrivaled grace, harmony, and technical mastery. Artists studied will include Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titan.