ARTH213 - Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe - Spring 2007

REQUIREMENTS | SCHEDULE | RESOURCES

SCHEDULE

WEEK 1
Thursday January 18
Introduction
REQUIREMENTS

RESOURCES

WEEK 2
Tuesday January 23
Italy and Italian Art
FOCUS on Florence
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 1

Thursday January 25
Report topic selection
Duecento Art in Tuscany and Rome
FOCUS on Cimabue
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 2

Trecento

WEEK 3
Tuesday January 30
Florentine Art of the Early Trecento
FOCUS on Giotto
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 3

Thursday February 1
Sienese Art of the Early Trecento
FOCUS on Duccio
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 4

WEEK 4
Tuesday February 6
Later Gothic Art in Tuscany and Northern Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 5

Thursday February 8
FOCUS on Lorenzo Monaco
FIRST REPORT: Laeun Sung

Quattrocento

WEEK 5
Tuesday February 13
The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 6

Thursday February 15
NO CLASS
Your instructor is away at a conference in New York City

WEEK 6
Tuesday February 20
Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 7

Thursday February 22
FOCUS on Donatello
SECOND REPORT: ___________

WEEK 7
Tuesday February 27
Gothic and Renaissance in Florentine Painting
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 8

Thursday March 1
Midterm Take-Home Exam Made Available
FOCUS on Masaccio
THIRD REPORT: Ryan Roach

WEEK 8
Tuesday March 6
The Heritage of Masaccio and the Second Renaissance Style
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 9

Mid-Term Take-Home Exam Due in Class at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday March 8
FOCUS on Fra Angelico
FOURTH REPORT: Rebecca Olander

WEEK 9
SPRING BREAK

WEEK 10
Tuesday March 20
The Second Renaissance Style in Architecture and Sculpture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 10

Thursday March 22
FOCUS on Lorenzo Ghiberti
FIFTH REPORT: Dori Rucker

WEEK 11
Tuesday March 27
Absolute and Perfect Painting in the Second Renaissance Style
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 11

Thursday March 29
FOCUS on Piero della Francesca
SIXTH REPORT: Megan O'Neal

WEEK 12
Tuesday April 3
Crisis and Crosscurrents
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 12

Thursday April 5
FOCUS on Benozzo Gozzoli
SEVENTH REPORT: ___________

WEEK 13
Tuesday April 10
Science, Poetry, and Prose
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 13

Thursday April 12
FOCUS on Sandro Botticelli
EIGHTH REPORT: ___________

WEEK 14
Tuesday April 17
The Renaissance in Central Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 14

Thursday April 19
FOCUS on Pietro Perugino
NINTH REPORT: Brandon Agnew

WEEK 15
Tuesday April 24
Gothic and Renaissance in Venice and Northern Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 15

Thursday April 26
FOCUS on Andrea Mantegna
TENTH REPORT: ___________

WEEK 16
Tuesday May 1
FINAL EXAM
IMAGE STUDY LIST