VSA3520

Italian Renaissance Art: Power, Patronage and Imagination ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: John Gregory

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: This unit will address some of the ways in which artists, patrons and members of the wider community were involved in making and using art and architecture in Renaissance Italy. Issues to be considered will include: the differing modes of patronage employed by communal, courtly and papal governments; regional variations of style and theme, especially the contrast between influential Florentine models and other centres including Siena, Venice, Rome and Naples; and the evolution of forms and genres such as perspective, portraiture, and palace, villa and garden design. Both primary sources and recent re-readings of Renaissance culture will be integrated as appropriate.

Assessment: Seminar paper (1000 words): 25% + Research paper (1000 words): 25% + Essay (2500 words): 50% + Third-year students will be expected to read more widely and work at a higher level than second-year students.

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: A second-year sequence in Visual Culture

Prohibitions: VSA3520