THE COURSE AND REQUIREMENTS
The Course
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An introduction to the art of the High Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Italy. Examples of painting, sculpture, and some architecture produced in Italy between approximately 1500 and 1600 will be examined.
Meeting Place and Time
- Pannell 015: Tuesday and Thursdays 10:30-11:45
Required Texts
- Frederick Hartt and David G. Wilkins, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 5th edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2003)
- The materials on this website
Student Responsibilities
- Active class participation, which includes being prepared for each class, and taking part in discussion.
- One Report (9-10 machine-printed pages, with footnotes and bibliography) presented in class with web-based images
- One Midterm Take-Home Exam
- One two-part Final Exam
- The in-class portion of the Final Exam (Tuesday, December 7) consists of two parts
- 10 images will be projected, each for 30 seconds. Name the ARTIST in each case
- three images will be projected, each for 15 minutes. In each case
- identify the artist
- give the name or title of the image
- give a date or dates (to within 5 years)
- write a essay about what you know about the image
- The take-home essay portion of the Final Exam is due at my office by 5:00 p.m. Monday, December 13. Essay topics will be handed out in class on Tuesday, December 7.
- The in-class portion of the Final Exam (Tuesday, December 7) consists of two parts
Grading
- Class participation = 10%
- Report = 30%
- Midterm Exam = 30%
- Final Exam = 30%
Office and Hours
- Pannell 04: Thursdays 12:00-1:00. Others times by appointment
- phone: 6194
- email: witcombe@sbc.edu