Art History 613 - High Rensnc Art & Mannrs/Italy
Spring
2013
01
3.00
Monika Schmitter
TU TH 11:15AM 12:30PM
UMass Amherst
24556
24555
The development of the visual arts in the major artistic centers of Italy during the 16th century, including Florence, Rome, Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Parma, and Bologna. The lives and works of specific artists, such as Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, and Michelangelo. Focus on thematic issues concerning the relationship between art and society, including: the rise in so-cial status of the artist and the conception of artistic genius; the influence of patronage and collecting; art and the creation of political identities; women as subjects, patrons, and practitioners of art; classicism and "anti-classicism" (Mannerism); art and religious reform; government and city planning. Ms. Schmitter
Open to Graduate students only.