AH 304 - Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

3 Credit(s)

A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from 1300 to 1600, an era encompassing figures such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. The course covers the new dignity accorded to the human form, the rediscovery of classical culture, the emergence of empirical science, the development of perspective and new uses of color, the expanding market for art, and the changing role of the artist.