Italian Artistry: Timeless Creations from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Social Sciences & Cultural Studies Program
Florence, Italy

Dates: 1/7/25 - 4/26/25

Social Sciences & Cultural Studies

Italian Artistry: Timeless Creations from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Italian Artistry: Timeless Creations from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Florence Center
Location: Florence, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Art History
Instruction in: English
Course Code: ARH337FLR
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: One 200-level course or two 100-level courses in Art History or another relevant subject area
Additional Fee: $90.00
Additional Fee Description:This course requires payment of an additional fee to cover active learning components that are above and beyond typical course costs, such as site visits, entrance fees and other expenses.

DESCRIPTION

This course will focus on Italian art from the Middle Ages to the Rococo period and its social, political, and cultural implications. Classes, lectures, and field studies will cover a period of time that lasts from the 14th century to the end of the 18th century. Through the study of defining masterpieces by the most famous Italian artists during those 500 years, this course will consider the historical and cultural context of the main artistic centers in Italy: Florence, Rome, and Venice.

Art in various forms - painting, sculpture, and architecture - will be explored, emphasizing the complementary relationships between the artistic disciplines. Students will be introduced to some of the main theories of art in their historical development from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. A brief political history of each period will be presented in order to set the artists and their works in their contexts.


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