ARH 2006 HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
An introduction to the history of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy from 1475-1600, a period known as the Italian High Renaissance. Lectures will examine questions of style, material, function and patronage in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and their most prominent contemporaries. Special attention will be given to ecclesiastical and political history, urbanism and, where appropriate, issues of gender. Students will become familiar with writers of the period, and it is hoped, adept at critically reading these primary texts.