UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL
College of Arts and Sciences/Art History
Dr. Liana Cheney, Coordinator of Art History, Interdisciplinary and Intercollegiate Studies
Voice Mail 978-934-3495/Fax 978-934-3023;Email: Liana_Cheney@uml.edu
Italian Renaissance Art
58-321/Sections 201 & 301 Honors

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A study of painting, sculpture and architecture in Florence, Rome and Venice during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Special emphasis on the formation of the High Renaissance style and the role of representative artists of the period, such as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael in Central Italy; Giorgione and Titian in Venice; as well as the Mannerist artists: Anguissola, Fontana, Pontormo, Rosso and Parmigianino will be studied.

ORGANIZATION: Although class discussion is strongly encouraged, this is primarily a lecture course based upon the visual content of works of art presented by way of projected slides. Attendance is highly recommended for every class meeting. Students are responsible for the content of all lectures and assigned reading materials.

CYBER/ED: Italian Renaissance. See website for further information.

REQUIRED READINGS:

L. Cheney, Botticelli's Mythological Paintings. Maryland: University Press of America, 1985.

F. Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art. New York: H. A. Abrams, Inc., 1995.

Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Florence, 1568) (on reserve)

In addition, a series of articles is placed on the Reserve Section of the O'Leary Library.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

James Hall, Dictionary of Italian Renaissance. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1990.

H. Hibbard, Michelangelo. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1990.

K. Clark, Leonardo da Vinci. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1980.

J. Pope-Hennessy, Raphael. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1981.

M. Baxandall, Painting and Experience of 15th Century Italy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.

G. Bull, Vasari's Lives of the Artists. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1979.

F. Friedlaender, Mannerism and Anti-Mannerism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975.

A. Luchs, The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artists. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980.

P. Partner, Renaissance Rome: 1500-1550. California: University of California Press, 1980.

For further bibliography, see attached Reserve Book List. These books with their respective call numbers are placed on the Reserve Section of the O'Leary Library.

CLASS COMPORTMENT: Since this is a professional presentation at the university level, you are not permitted to eat or drink during class lectures and discussion. Students are not permitted to tape the lectures. Disable students must see me on the first day of class to accommodate their individual needs.

EXAMINATION: There will be two quizzes - ten to fifteen minutes each - October 5 and November 30, plus two fifty-minute examinations - October 19 and November 30. Examination misses without prior excuse from the instructor or excuse for medical or other emergencies obtained from the Dean of the College or the Dean of Students cannot be made up.

PAPER ASSIGNMENT: There will be one paper due on December 7. All late papers will be penalized or not accepted constituting course failure. The paper should be approximately ten pages long, double spaced and typed with xeroxed illustrations. The written assignment will be graded on form as well as content so that spelling, punctuation, grammar, and syntax are to be considered with some care. You may choose to write on a particular aspect of any topic covered in class. Suggested topics will be given at the beginning of the semester along with further general instruction. On November 2nd, you are to submit a statement concerning your intended paper topic. All work done outside of class must be type written or computer printed, double spaced. The computerized typing must be as follow: accepted fonts New York, Geneva, Courier, Palatino and Bookman; only 12 points in character; double space between lines; page margins one (1) inch all around. Papers written in any other format are not acceptable.

GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: Prior to completing your research, you should consult at least 8, post 1970 sources (books and articles). Although you may read survey texts (such a as those of Janson, Hartt, or Gardner); however, these do not count among the acceptable sources. You may develop a good bibliography for any topic you choose from the books and articles on the Reserve Section of the O'Leary Library/South Campus. Also, The Encyclopedia of World Art and The Oxford Companion to Art may be useful; however; these do not count among the acceptable sources. The Art Index (an annual index of periodical literature on art) is very helpful. In additon, you may be assisted by internet and websites information; however, be aware of always recording and listing the source of your citation. Dowloading information from the internet without proper citation constitutes plagiarism.

In your paper define the limits of the topic you are considering, clarify the issues surrounding the topic with respect to the relationship between art and science, comment on the scholarly problems involved, and offer some original incite into the topic. Be sure to read critically. you will find little agreement among various authors.

NOTE ON PLAGIARISM: Be careful never to copy directly or directly adapt from another author without crediting the source. General sources must be listed in a bibliography; any indirect or direct quotation or paraphrase must be footnoted. Any unacknowledged copying will receive an F (failure) for the course. Student will be subject to academic suspension from the university.

HANDOUTS: A series of mimeographed materials will be given out throughout the course in order to help you with your reading assignments.

EVALUATIONS: The final exam will count 25% of your final semester grade. The paper will also count 25% of your final semester grade. And the two examinations plus the quizzes will count 50% of your final semester grade.

MUSEUM VISITS: Students are individually responsible for visiting the Fogg Art Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum and the Worcester Art Museum.

OPTIONAL MUSEUM VISITS: Probably during the semester the Art History Club will sponsor some field trips to the Boston Museum. Also, there will be scheduled one or two trips to New York City, Worcester, Hartford, New Haven (CT) in order to visit some major exhibitions or museums. You will not be penalized for not participating in these trips.

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-6:00 p.m., other times by appointment. My office is in Coburn Hall, Room 210 or 301.

TIME TABLE FOR EXAMINATIONS:

Oct. 5 Quiz I. It consists of identifying visual material presented in class or included in your required assignments. You will be asked toidentify the name of the artist, the title of the work, the style and given an approximate date of the work.

Oct. 19 First Examination. It will be based on slide identifications, slide comparisons and attribution problem as well as essays.

Nov. 2 Notification of paper topic.

Nov. 6 New York Field Trip (Saturday)

Nov. 30 Quiz II and Second Examination. See October 19 description.

Dec. 3 Art History Symposium: Mythology in the Arts

Dec. 7 PAPER DUE. No extension without penalty.

Dec. 11-17 FINAL EXAMINATION PERIOD. Final Exam date to be announced. The final exam format will be the same as the Mid-Term Examination. It will not be cumulative, that is to say, you will be tested only on the new material covered from the Mid-Term Examination on, but you will be responsible for the assimilation of general concepts of art history discussed in the earlier session.

LECTURE, ASSIGNMENT AND EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
(N.B. Subject to change with a week of prior notice)

Sep. 9		Introduction: scope of the course. Hartt, 11-23; Vasari, the Lives of the Artists.
Sep. 14		Trecento: 14th Century Art in Florence and Siena (Giotto and Duccio). Hartt, 51-68, 74-9; Luchs, World of the Florentine Renaissance Artists.
Sep. 16		Quattrocento: Painting in Florence (Masaccio). 15th Century. Hartt, 152-68; Baxandall, Painting and Experience in 15th Century in Italy; and Ursula Schlegel's article. (on reserve)
Sep. 21		Quattrocento: Architecture and Sculpture in Florence (Ghiberti). Hartt, 127-42, 196-99. Recommended: Pope-Hennessy, Italian Renaissance Sculpture, Vol. I and John White, Birth and Rebirth of the Pictorial Space. (on reserve)
Sep. 23		Brunelleschi: Hartt, 111,26. Recommended: Pope-Hennessy, op. cit., John White, op. cit. and Bates Lowry, Renaissance Architecture. (on reserve)
Sep. 28		Alberti. Hartt, 186-96. Recommended: Alberti, On Painting, ed. by J. Spencer, 1966. (on reserve)
Sep. 30		Donatello. Hartt, 142, 192-211, 250-54. Recommended: H.W. Janson, Donatello and Pope Hennessy, op. cit., Vol. II. (on reserve)
Oct. 5		QUIZ I
Oct. 5		Piero della Francesca. Hartt, 217-20, 231-46. Recommended: K. Clark, Piero della Francesca. (on reserve)
Oct. 7-12		Botticelli. Hartt 169-211, 281-88. Yashiro's, Ferruolo's and Gombrich's articles and Cheney, Botticelli's Mythological Paintings. Recommended: L. Lightbrown, Botticelli, Vol. I and II. (on reserve)
Oct. 14		Quattrocento: Venetian Art (Mantegna and Bellini). Hartt, 347-64, 368-75. Recommended: Wilde, Venetian Art. (on reserve)
Oct. 19		EXAMINATION I.
HIGH RENAISSANCE: CINQUECENTO: 16th CENTURY
Oct. 21-28		Verrocchio, Leonardo Da Vinci. Hartt, 276-81, 387-411; Clark, Leonardo Da Vinci; Partner, Renaissance Rome: 1500-1550. Recommended: Gombrich's article in Norm and Form, pp. 57-64. Leonardo's Treatises on Painting, H.Wolfflin, Classical Art, pp. 3-38. (on reserve)
Nov. 2		Notify me of your paper topic.
Nov. 2		Bramante. Hartt, 435-44.
Nov.4-9		Michelangelo. Hartt, 411-22, 435-44, 422-59. Hibbard, Michelangelo; Ackerman's Panofsky, Blunt's articles. (on reserve) Recommended: Wolfflin, Classical Art, pp. 38-72; C. De Tolnay, Michelangelo, Vols. I-V; Hartt, Michelangelo, Vol. II, Pope-Hennessy, op. cit., Vol. III; C. Seymour, The Sistine Chapel and David's A Search for Identity. (on reserve)
Nov. 6		New York Field Trip (Saturday)
Nov.16-18		Raphael. Hartt, 422-26, 459-81. Recommended: John Pope-Hennessy, Raphael; Gombrich's article (on reserve) and Freedberg's article too. L. Dussler, Raphael; Wolfflin, Classical Art, pp. 3-104.
Nov. 23		Venetian Cinquecento: Giorgione and Titian. Hartt, 528-32, 551. Recommended: Panofsky, Titian; Pignatti, Giorgione and Wilde, Venetian Art. (on reserve)
Nov. 25		No Class. Thanksgiving Day!
Nov. 30		QUIZ II/Exam II.
MANNERISM: CINQUECENTO ART: 16th Century
Dec. 2		Hartt, 482. Recommended: Friedlaender, Mannerism and Anti-Mannerism. (on reserve) Pontormo, Rosso and Beccafumi. Hartt, 508-510, 495-509. Recommended: Pontormos'Diary. (on reserve)
Dec. 3		Art History Symposium/Friday (Mythology in the Arts)
Dec. 7		PAPER DUE. NO EXTENSION.
Dec. 7		Parmigianino. Hartt, 511-521. Recommended: Freedberg, Parmigianino (on reserve) and L. Popham, Drawings of Parmigianino, Vols. I-III. ( on reserve) Bronzino. Maniera Style. Hartt, 588-596. Recommended: McComb, Bronzino. (on reserve)
Dec. 9		Mannerist Sculpture and Architecture. Hartt, 521-33, 569, 573 and N. Pevsner's article. (on reserve) Venetian Mannerism: Tintoretto and Veronese. Hartt, 553-60 and 560-9.
Dec. 11-17		FINAL EXAMINATION PERIOD. Final Exam date to be announced.