The Renaissance in Florence (12 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Bill Kent, Peter Howard and Carolyn James (depending on availability)
Offered:
Overseas Summer 2004 (Off-campus)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate: 1. A knowledge of the city of Florence itself - including its churches, palaces, museums, piazzas, monuments and streets - as an artefact of its complex history. 2. The development of the requisite skills to interpret the Renaissance aspects of that artefact within an historical framework. 3. Enhanced skills in the critical and analytical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, religious and polemical literature, historical scholarship, physical monuments and visual representations. 4. An acquaintance with the considerable body of knowledge that has been built up about late medieval and Renaissance Florence (in the context of Italian history in general). 5. A critical understanding of this fascinating society and its historiography. 6. The ability to use this knowledge (1, 3, 4, 5) and these skills (2) as a capital source for contributing to an understanding of the Renaissance city, its society and culture.
Assessment: Site visit (1000 words), Site visit critique (500 words), Critiques of other site visit presentations (1000 words), Essay (4500 words): 75% + Examination (2 hours): 25%
Contact Hours: Intensive lectures, tutorials and field trips for 35 hours per week, over 1 month (November/December)
Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in History or permission
Prohibitions: HSY2630/3630, HSY3860
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