Students will explore the art produced in Italy during the period of 1400-1500. Through the study of fifteenth-century Italian art, students will gain a deeper understanding of the period’s major themes, techniques, forms, and expressive content.

Week 1: Sculpting Marble and Bronze
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, and Donatello

Week 2: Design in Perspective and Narrative
Masaccio, Uccello, Piero della Francesca, and Mantegna

Week 3: Sacred Geometry and Color
Don Lorenzo Monaco, Fra Angelico, and Fra Filippo Lippi

Week 4: Optics in Nature and Light
Carpaccio, Jacopo Bellini, Giovanni Bellini, and Antonello da Messina

Lecture series: $100