ARTH213 | Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe | Fall 2008

REQUIREMENTS | SCHEDULE | RESOURCES

SCHEDULE

WEEK 1
Thursday August 28
Introduction

REQUIREMENTS
RESOURCES

WEEK 2
Tuesday September 2 Report topic selection
Italy and Italian Art
FOCUS on Florence
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 1

Thursday September 4
Duecento Art in Tuscany and Rome
FOCUS on Cimabue
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 2

Trecento

WEEK 3
Tuesday September 9
Florentine Art of the Early Trecento
FOCUS on Giotto
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 3

Thursday September 11
Sienese Art of the Early Trecento
FOCUS on Duccio
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 4

WEEK 4
Tuesday September 16
Later Gothic Art in Tuscany and Northern Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 5

Thursday September 18
FOCUS on Lorenzo Monaco
REPORT: Sarah Strapp

Quattrocento

WEEK 5
Tuesday September 23
The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 6

Thursday September 25
REPORT: Mariah Hoelz
REPORT: Preston Wright

WEEK 6
Tuesday September 30
Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 7

Thursday October 2
READING DAY

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

Thursday October 9
FOCUS on Masaccio
REPORT: Simone Morris

WEEK 8
Tuesday October 14
The Heritage of Masaccio and the Second Renaissance Style
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 9

Thursday October 16
FOCUS on Fra Angelico
REPORT: Annie Colpitts

WEEK 9
Tuesday October 21
The Second Renaissance Style in Architecture and Sculpture
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 10

Thursday October 23
FOCUS on Lorenzo Ghiberti
REPORT: Simone Morris

WEEK 10
Tuesday October 28
Absolute and Perfect Painting in the Second Renaissance Style
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 11
REPORT: Sarah Strapp

Thursday October 30
FOCUS on Piero della Francesca

WEEK 11
Tuesday November 4
CLASS CANCELLED - GO VOTE!
Thursday November 6
Crisis and Crosscurrents
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 12

WEEK 12
Tuesday November 11
Science, Poetry, and Prose
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 13

Thursday November 13
FOCUS on Sandro Botticelli
REPORT: Ashford McIntyre
REPORT: Mariah Hoelz

WEEK 13
Tuesday November 18
The Renaissance in Central Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 14

Thursday November 20
FOCUS on Pietro Perugino
REPORT: Ashford McIntyre
REPORT: Preston Wright

WEEK 14

THANKSGIVING BREAK

WEEK 15
Tuesday December 2
Gothic and Renaissance in Venice and Northern Italy
READ: Hartt and Wilkins, Chapter 15

Thursday December 4
FOCUS on Andrea Mantegna
REPORT: Annie Colpitts

WEEK 16
Tuesday December 9
REVIEW
IMAGE STUDY LIST

Thursday December 11
FINAL EXAM