Later Renaissance Art in Italy

Catalog description

Painting and sculpture of sixteenth-century Florence, Rome, and Venice. Evaluation of such concepts as "High Renaissance" and "Mannerism" in relation to the broader cultural currents of the period. Major artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian. Major works: The Last Supper, the paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican "Stanze." (Not open to students who have completed Art 19.7.)