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ARTH 3432 - Art of the Italian Cinquecento



Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700 with “C-” or better; or permission of department

Description: This course is a study of Renaissance art and culture during the Cinquecento, the 16th century in Italy, a period that encompasses the High Renaissance, the Reformation, the rise of Absolutism and the first artistic academies. The art of this period is considered within a larger social history tied to the changing and overlapping values of the church, the aristocracy, and mercantile elites. Stylistic development, iconography, and patronage are explored in addition to considerations of materials, techniques, and aesthetic theories of the Renaissance. The course focuses on artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Palladia, Tintoretto, Giulio Romano, Cellini, and Giambologna. Topics include the rise and fall of the High Renaissance, Mannerism, the impact of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation on artistic production, Renaissance gardens, urban politics, wealth and social order, gender, family and sexual values, and changing penitential piety.



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