ARTH218 – High Renaissance and Mannerism

Prof. Monica Dominguez
Office location: 309 Old College
Office hours: Tuesday 3-4 pm
Email: monicadt@udel.edu

This course surveys major artists, monuments, art centers, trends and conceptual issues that had place in Italy during the sixteenth century. Also treats the spread of Italian style to France and Spain. Special emphasis will be placed on renowned artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante, Titian, Tintoretto and El Greco.

Course Readings

The textbooks for the course are available at the bookstore and other online dealers. In the class schedule, you will find a list of the pages you must read prior to each lecture:

· Linda Murray, The High Renaissance and Mannerism (Thames and Hudson, 1995)

· Loren Partridge, Art of Renaissance Rome 1400-1600 (Prentice Hall, 1997)

· Patricia Fortini Brown, Art and Life in Renaissance Venice (Prentice Hall, 1998)

There will be three main assignments throughout the term:

a mid-term test (30%)

a short paper (30%)

a final exam (30%)

The remaining 10% of the final grade would be assessed taking into account attendance and class participation.

Click on each one of the assignments to see details. Honors students click here to see additional requirements.

Date	Lecture	Readings
Feb 8	Introduction
Feb 10/15	Leonardo da Vinci	Murray: 7-14
Feb 17/22	Michelangelo	Murray: 23-32, 99-107. Partridge: 101-107
Feb 24	Raphael	Murray: 15-19
Mar 1/3	Building a New Rome	Murray: 35-70, 109-123. Partridge: 42-56, 115-118, 120-131, 133-136, 144-159
Mar 8/10	Giorgione and Titian	Murray: 71-98. Brown: 8-37, 90-100, 142-9, 154-164
Mar 15	The Debate Colorito vs. Disegno
Mar 17	Midterm
Mar 22/24	Mannerism in Ducal Florence	Murray: 99-107, 144-170
Mar 29/31	No classes - Spring recess
Apr 5/7	La Maniera in Mantua and Parma	Murray: 124-132, 171-178
Apr 12/14	The Venetian School	Murray: 179-203. Brown: 64-89,101-115, 149-154
Apr 19/21	The Crisis of the Image	Partridge: 9-17, 56-9, 78-101, 136-143
Apr 26/28	The Artist as a Genius	Brown: 38-63
May 3/5	Ut pictura poesis	Brown: 116-141
May 10/12	Italian Art Beyond the Alps	Murray: 226-238, 263-276
May 17	Art in the Age of Discovery

Each lecture is accompanied by a handout containing the images to be discussed in class and that must be studied for the mid-term and the final exam.

Below there are links to each one of the handouts and lecture notes:

● Introduction

● Leonardo da Vinci

● Michelangelo

● Raphael

● Building a New Rome

● Giorgione and Titian

● The Debate Colorito vs. Disegno

● Mannerism in Ducal Florence

● La Maniera in Mantua and Parma

● The Venetian School

● The Crisis of the Image

● The Artist as a Genius

● Ut pictura poesis

● Italian Art Beyond the Alps

● Art in the Age of Discovery