Early Renaissance Italian Art

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This course examines the artistic masterpieces of the Italian peninsula from the death of Fredrick II to the rise of the Medici in Florence (c. 1250-1450). The emphasis is on the art and architecture of the Italian city-republics and, in particular, on panel and fresco painting in Siena, Florence, Rome and Venice. The early Italian Renaissance is considered within its historical, political and social context, beginning with the careers of Nicola Pisano, Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto di Bondone, and progession to the generation of Gentile da Fabriano, Filippo Brunelleschi, Masaccio and Leon Battista Alberti.