Development of this style is traced in northern Italy, especially Venice. Works studied include Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael in Florence and Rome. The latter part of this course further examines development of the ideal in classic high Renaissance style evidenced in works by Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto and Palladio are studied. The course meets for two hours on Fridays and is often taught on-site. The class is taught largely on-site in Florence.
Readings define how contact with Italian life and culture affected their work.
Authors include Hawthorne, Byron, Ruskin, Mark Twain, Henry James and Mary McCarthy. Senior status or advisor's permission. In seminar format, this course samples great Italian authors of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well as the fictional prose of contemporary Italian literature. Readings in translation are chosen from Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli and modern authors. Besides the poet's philosophy, discussion centers around his development of the medieval concept of love, use of Italian language and the role of Florence in The Divine Comedy.