Italian Renaissance

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

The course surveys painting and sculpture in Italy c. 1300-1550. Other important art forms, including architecture and prints, will be addressed among a few significant examples. We will emphasize major works and artists, especially in the leading centers of Florence, Rome, and Venice. While artistic style will be one of our interests (as it was to artists, patrons, and other observers in the period), we will spend more time on changing circumstances of the production, function, iconography, patronage, and commerce of art in the period. Why was art being made? How was it used and understood? One advantage of life on the Hilltop is easy access to one of the world’s premier collections of Renaissance art. We will schedule two class visits to the National Gallery of Art, and you will be encouraged to explore this and other collections further on your own. For more information about this and other courses in the Department of Art and Art History, please visit https://art.georgetown.edu