However, it may be taken for Italian language credit provided students do reading and writing assignments in Italian. This course may also be taken for graduate credit, but additional work and meetings with professor will be required. This course enables students to see and study the works of Florentine artists in the churches and palaces for which they were created and to walk in the footsteps of those artists and their patrons as they visit the places where they lived and worked. The course will be conducted in English. Some knowledge of Italian culture and history is desirable.
Enrollment is limited.
This course focuses on Italian painting in the 1400s, with special emphasis on works in Florence. We will explore the function of these works during the Quattrocento, how they were seen in the Renaissance, and what they can tell us about Italian society. Roughly half of the classes are on-site, where will often study monuments in their original settings. This course is conducted in English. Enrollment is limited.