AHI 232 HIGH RENAISSANCE ART IN ITALY

Course examines Italian Renaissance art and humanism between 1500-1600, the expansion of mythology, portraiture, history painting and landscape, the rise of villa culture and new forms of pastoral and gardens. Art is examined within a larger social history focusing on the changing moral, political, economic, and sexual values of church, court, and burgher elites. Artists include Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Palladio, and Bronzino.