15th-Century Italian Ren. Art

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The first half of a two-part study of art and architecture in central Italy (Rome, Florence and Siena) covering the period from the 14th to the mid-15th centuries. While attention is given to the ambiance from which Giotto developed in the Trecento and the International Gothic style at the turn of the Quattrocento, major consideration is given to the momentous changes brought about in the first half of the Quattrocento by Brunelleschi, Alberti, Donatello, Ghiberti, Masaccio and others. On-site visits in Rome and a required trip to Florence are included.