| CODE | ART2008 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy in a period of unprecedented achievements which lie at the root of Baroque and subsequent developments. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and the great Venetians receive special consideration. Study-unit Aims: The principal aims of this study unit are to help the student to contextualise High Renaissance art and the Mannerist movement vis-a-vis the religious movement within the Catholic Church during that period. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: The study unit is designed to provide the student with a systematic understanding and knowledge of the artistic transformation that took place in Italy during the sixteenth century 2. Skills: By the end of this study-unit the student will have acquired the necessary competence to better evaluate the benchmarks set by the High Renaissance and the effects of Mannerism. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: S.J. Freedberg, Painting in Italy 1500-1600, Pelican History of Art, 1993 J. Shearman, Mannerism, Pelican, 1969 L. Murray, The High Renaissance and Mannerism, Thames & Hudson, 1993 P. & L. Murray, The Art of the Renaissance, Thames & Hudson, 1997 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Christian Attard |
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