ART 3470 - HISTORY OF ART - AUDIENCES OF ART

Course Type: Seminar and Lecture Course
Instruction Language: English
Examination Method: Written Tests, Mid-term, Final Exam, Final Paper and Presentation
Contact Hours: 49 h
Independent Study: 42 h
Activities/field Trips : 56 h
Total Work: 147 h
*196 AEF Academic Hours [ 1AEF Academic Hour = 45 minutes ]
Time: Meets two times per week; 1h 45min
Location:
AEF building, via Cavour 37, Firenze

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course explores artwork produced in Italy from the 14th century until the 17th century. It will focus on the relationship of the works of art to their cultural and historical importance in the time period of when they were produced. Emphasis will be placed on the function of the artwork as well its relationship to a variety of themes: the artwork’s patron (widows, nuns, friars, merchants, leaders etc), the artist, location, style, themes of gender, identity, exchange of style through trade, restoration/conservation as well as meaning for the audience of the time-period. Rather then being taught only through style and chronologically we will approach the material through sites: The piazza, the church, the home, the convent.