Focuses on Florence as a source of culture and artistic flowering, and locus of competition, contestation and strife. Examines the distribution of wealth and the structuring of society and politics, the development of humanist inquiry and pedagogy, the religious climate and artistic patronage. Surveys, for comparison, Rome and Venice.
Code:
ES1005
Name:
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Discipline:
ES (European and Mediterranean Cultures)
Type:
GE100
Level:
Undergraduate
Credits:
4
Can be taken twice for credit?:
No
Pre-requisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None