ARTH 341: Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

Course Description

This course surveys the major developments of the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Students will learn about the return to the Classical ideal in painting, sculpture, and architecture through the study of artists like Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. We will also consider how religious, political, and economic forces shaped and changed the art over the centuries. (OC).