Art History 337
Fifteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Art
Lecture Schedule
Villa Schifanoia, San Domenico di Fiesole
Primarily a reconstruction of a Renaissance villa, ca. 1926.
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| FYI | Look over, please | |
| NO. 1 August 23 |
Introduction to the Course; Something about our territories | Read for Next Time: Chapter 1: Prelude |
| WEBSITE | Burckhardt: "The Discovery of the World and of Man" | Read further as you feel inclined |
| No. 2 AUGUST 28-30 |
August 28: Movie: Power of the Past August 30 Trecento Background |
Hartt: Part One (look over) |
| WEBSITE | Italian Gothic Art | Please look over |
| No. 3 SEPTEMBER 4-6 |
Sept. 4 The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture Sept. 6: Introduction to Research: Meet at Richter Library for session with Phyllis Robarts, Art Librarian |
Hartt: 159-171 |
| WEBSITE | Vasari's Life of Donatello | For your reference |
| No. 4 SEPTEMBER 11-13 |
Sept. 11 Renaissance Architecture Sept 13 PAPER PROPOSAL IS DUE in class. |
Hartt: 171-175; Gombrich, "The early Medici as patrons of art: a survey of primary sources" in: Norm and Form, on reserve on the second floor of the Richter Library |
| WEBSITE | Vasari's Life of Brunelleschi | For your reference |
| WEBSITE | On the Palazzo Medici | Please read over |
| No. 5 SEPTEMBER 18-20 |
Sept. 18 Early Sculpture Sept. 20 Sculpture to Jacopo della Quercia |
Hartt: 177-190 |
| No. 6 SEPTEMBER 25-27 |
Sept. 25 "The early Medici as patrons of art": Lecture and discussion of article. Sept. 27 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE Early Florentine Painting |
Hartt: 190-199; 201-219 |
| No. 7 OCTOBER 2-4 |
Oct. 2: Fra Angelico Oct. 4 Fra Filippo Lippi |
Hartt: 221-237 |
| No. 8 OCTOBER 9-11 |
Oct. 9 Alberti & his influence Oct. 11 MIDTERM |
Hartt: 239-250 |
| WEB SITES | Portrait Busts: A Little Boy by Desiderio da Settignano; Beatrice of Aragon by Fancesco Laurana; Giuliano de'Medici by Verrocchio | Please also read: Coonin, "Portrait Busts of Children in Quattrocento Florence" |
| No. 8 OCTOBER 16-18 |
Oct. 16 Later Ghiberti, Donatello Oct. 18 Tomb monuments, Portrait Busts |
Hartt: 250-263; Begin Baxandall |
| No. 9 OCTOBER 23-25 |
Oct. 23 Begin Chapter 11 Oct. 25QUIZ No. 2 then Continue Chapter 11 |
Hart: 265-297 |
| WEB SITE | Pliny the Younger on country life | PLEASE READ |
| No. 10 OCTOBER 30, NOVEMBER 1 |
Oct. 30 Piero della Francesca Nov. 1 Begin Chapter 12 |
Hartt: Chapter 12 |
| WEBSITE | Tomb of the Cardinal of Portugal | Tomb with a View "a quarterly newsletter" |
| No. 11 NOVEMBER 6-8 |
Nov. 6ROUGH DRAFT DUE then Complete Chapter 12 Nov. 8 Begin Chapter 13 |
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| No. 12 NOVEMBER 13-15 |
Nov. 13 Finish Chapter 13 (Botticelli) Nov. 15 Begin Chapter 14: Central Italy |
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| No. 13 N0VEMBER 20-22 |
Nov. 20 Begin Chapter 15: VENICE Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING |
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| No. 14 NOVEMBER 27-29 |
Nov. 27 VENICE Nov. 29 We will do everything we were supposed to do but didn't, today: LAST DAY OF CLASS |
Last Reading |
| WEB SITE | Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man | Please Read |
| December | NO EARLY FINALS WILL BE GIVEN |
Essays |
