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ARTH2019 Italian Renaissance: Art and Architecture

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Art History
Offered in ARTH2019 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

The course will examine both chronologically and thematically aspects of the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture from Giotto through to the death of Michelangelo. Amongst the themes to be treated will be: art and the State; the revival of classical forms; the Papacy and the development of Rome.

Indicative Assessment

2,000 word essay (40%), Eight minute class presentation (25%) and 1,000 word take-home visual paper (35%).

Workload Two hours of lectures per week and a tutorial in alternate weeks
Areas of Interest Art History
Requisite Statement

Introduction to Art History ARTH1002 and Introduction to Modern Art ARTH1003 or Rome: From Republic to Empire HIST1019 and Illuminating the Dark Ages HIST1018 or permission of the Coordinator.

Majors/Specialisations Art History, Art History and Curatorship, and Contemporary Europe
Academic Contact Professor Sasha Grishin

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