SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 15
Introduction
DISCUSSION Topics and Issues

Thursday January 22
The Concept of the Renaissance
READ Ghiberti, excerpts from his "Commentaries"

Thursday January 29
The Imitation of Nature
READ Boccaccio, Cennini, Ghiberti, Leonardo (excerpts)
READ Bialostocki, "The Renaissance Concept of Nature" (excerpt)

Thursday February 5
The Business of Painting
READ Baxandall, Part 1 "The Conditions of Trade" pp. 1-27
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Andrea Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Filippino Lippi

Thursday February 12
The Period Eye
READ Baxandall, Part 2 "The Period Eye" pp. 29-108
FIRST SEMINAR REPORT

Baxandall

1. Nos. 1, 2 (pp. 29-36)
2. Nos. 3, 4 (pp. 36-45) Maria Kitchin
3. No. 5 (pp. 45-56) Blair Lollis
4. No. 6 (pp. 56-71) Amanda Switzenberg
5. No. 7 (pp. 71-81) Elsbet Smith
6. Nos. 8, 9 (pp. 81-93)
7. Nos. 10, 11 (pp. 94-108)

Thursday February 19
NO CLASS MEETING (I shall be away presenting a paper at a conference in Seattle)

Thursday February 26
Leon Battista Alberti and the New Theory of Art
READ Alberti, On Painting, Book I, 34-35, 37-54
SECOND SEMINAR REPORT

Alberti

1. Dedication and No. 1 (pp. 34-35, 37)
2. Nos. 2, 3, 4 (pp. 37-39) Elsbet Smith
3. Nos. 5, 6 (pp. 39-42) Amanda Switzenberg
4. Nos. 7, 8 (pp. 42-44) Blair Lollis
5. Nos. 9, 10 (pp. 44-46) Maria Kitchin
6. Nos. 11, 12 (pp. 46-48)
7. Nos. 13, 14 (pp. 48-50)
8. Nos. 15, 16 (pp. 50-52)
9. Nos. 17, 18 (pp. 52-54)

Spring Vacation

Thursday March 11
Perspective
READ Alberti, On Painting, Book I, 54-59
DISCUSSION Perspective

Thursday March 18
Proportion
READ Proportion
Seminar Paper Topic Selection

Thursday March 25
Painting and Composition
READ Alberti, On Painting, Book 2
THIRD SEMINAR REPORT

Alberti

1. Nos. 25, 27, 28 (pp. 60-62) Maria Kitchin
2. Nos. 29, 30, 31 (pp. 64-67) Blair Lollis
3. Nos. 32, 33, 34 (pp. 67-71) Amanda Switzenberg
4. Nos. 35, 36, 37 (pp. 71-74) Elsbet Wmith
5. Nos. 38, 39, 40 (pp. 74-76)
6. Nos. 41, 42, 43 (pp. 76-70)
7. Nos. 44, 45, 46 (pp. 79-83)
8. Nos. 47, 48, 49, 50 (pp. 83-86)