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History of Art 251.001/MARC 251.001 Italian Renaissance Art II (4) (IV.3) Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo. The course will take a new look at the three most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance. It will focus on the relation between their achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting, and the crisis-ridden historical conditions in which the works were produced - it will be shown how artists exploited contemporary circumstances, and drew upon ideas of genius and divine inspiration to ensure their own reputations of universal mastery and originality. Through these figures, Renaissance and modern myths of artistic independence and individuality can be subjected to a critical scrutiny. Lectures will deal with the interpretation of the works themselves, and with the artists' careers, their interactions and rivalries, their relation to patrons and other artists. Sections will introduce some of the best of the latest scholarship on the High Renaissance, together with writings by the artists and their contemporaries. Some of these texts, which produce each artist as a "universal genius," continue to affect the perception of these artists right down to the present day. Two papers, midterm, final exam. Cost:2 WL:4 (Naginsky, Erica) Back to Fall 1999 Course Listings |