Are you fascinated by Italy’s magnificent cultural
works? The course on the History of Italian Art will enable
you to understand its history and social background. The
course is designed to show, by means of slides and guided
visits, the development of art in Italy in relation to the
rest of Europe and offers you an introduction to the most
important artistic styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance,
Baroque). You will become acquainted with the most important
works of artists such as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and
Michelangelo while learning about the most significant historical
and social events that accompanied them.
The program foresees the following subjects:
Introduction:
- General and historical lists;
- The Romanesque period.
The XIII century:
- Architecture - passage of the French Gothic in Italy;
- The "Italian" Gothic;
- The sculpture: from Nicola Pisano to Arnolfo di Cambio.
The architectural and urban transformation
between the XIII and the XIV century
- Florence and Siena in the XIV century:
- Cimabue and Duccio;
- Giotto;
- Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers;
- Florence in the second half of the century;
- Traces of international Gothic.
- Brunelleschi and the revolution
of perspective:
- The three fathers of the Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi,
Donatello, Masaccio
- The first Renaissance:
- Florence in the first half of the XV century
- Florence in the second half of
the XV century:
- The cultural environment of Lorenzo il Magnifico and Botticelli
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Rome, artistic capital:
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