Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and their Sphere of Influence

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This course will provide students with a detailed introduction to drawing, painting, sculpture, and architecture of the later Italian Renaissance between 1500 and 1600. It will examine artworks and architecture within the cultural context of the 15th-century Italian city-states. It will explore how increasing contact with non-Western lands influenced artistic developments on the Italic peninsula and examine female patronage and collecting practices in the early 16th century. This course will be looking at the Renaissance from a global perspective. Major artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian. Major works: The Last Supper, the paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican Stanze. Satisfies Art History major and minor requirement. Satisfies Studio Art major and minor requirement. Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts requirement.