August 31, Meeting 1: Introduction to the Course (Campus);
Meet at JCU, Lecture Room, then move to site CHRUCH DRESS CODE
Readings: (to be done after class): “The Renaissance”, Oxford Art On-Line;
September 7, Meeting 2: Pantheon (Impact of Antiquity on Renaissance) and church of S. Maria sopra Minerva (Michelangelo’s Risen Christ).
Meet at fountain in front of Pantheon. CHRUCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Wallace, 1997, 1251-80 (Michelangelo’s Risen Christ); Karmon 2011, Ch. 5: Pantheon
September 14, Meeting 3: Bramante, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Vasari: S. Pietro in Montorio
Meet at JCU, Lecture Room, then move to site. CHRUCH DRESS CODE
Readings: Jungic 1988, esp 66-69, 76-79; Nagel and Wood, 2010, Ch. 15, esp 165-74; Stinger 1998, 1-13.
September 21, Meeting 4: Peruzzi, Raphael, and Sebastian del Piombo: Villa Farnesina
Meet at JCU, Lecture Room, then move to site.
Readings: Rowland, 1986, 673-730.
September 28, Meeting 5: Vatican Museums, Pt. I: Renaissance painting and tapestries in the Pinacotheca (Giotto, Perugino, Leonardo, and Raphael), the old Papal Palace (if open), and Sistine Chapel, Pt. I
Meet at Entrance to Vatican Museums (further details TBA). CHURCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Hersey 1993, 114-128, 177-82. Recommended, re: the Borgias: Ghirardo 2008; Hevesy 1932, pt. 1 and pt. 2.
October 5, Meeting 6: Raphael, Lorenzetto, and Sansovino in Rome: S. Maria del Popolo and S. Agostino
Meet at steps of S. Agostino, near Piazza Navona. CHURCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Dunlop 2003, 259-285; Stinger 1998, 31-46; Bonito, 1982, 268-76.
October 12, Meeting 7: Roman Renaissance Palaces and Urban Development: Palazzo Cancelleria, Palazzo Farnese, and the Via Giulia
At news stand in Piazza Farnese (between Via Giulia and Campo di Fiori)
Readings: “Palazzi” 110-25; Readings: Stinger 1998, 254-64; Wren 2010, 103-119.
October 19, Meeting 8: Mid-Term Exam on Campus; After exam, discussion of paper assignment and Lecture to Introduce remainder of Course
Meet at JCU, Lecture Hall
No Reading
October 26, Meeting 9: The Capitoline Museums: the first “museum” of ancient art
Meet on Capitoline Hill, at Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.
Readings: Wren 2010, 103-19 (Capitoline collection and hill); Stinger 1998, 254-64 (Capitoline hill).
November 2, Meeting 10: Michelangelo's Rome: Michelangelo’s Design for the Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio), S. Maria in Aracoeli (Tomb of Bracci), S. Apostoli, Michelangelo: S. Pietro in Vincoli (Tomb of Julius II, including Moses)
Meet on Capitoline Hill, at Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. CHURCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Hersey 1993, 249-276; *Wallace 2010, 72-78, 105-06, 188-99, 204-06 (Tomb of C. Bracci), 208-209, 229-32, 330-337 (Michelangelo’s death). Recommended: Panofsky 1937, 561-79.
November 9, Meeting 11: Vatican Museums, Pt. II: The Belvedere collection of ancient sculpture (Laokoon, Torso Belvedere, Apollo Belvedere), Papal Apartments (Raphael Stanze) and Sistine Chapel, Pt. II (Michelangelo)
Meet on steps of the EXIT (across from Entrance) to Vatican Museums at 8.30am CHURCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Wren 2010, 265-70; *Hersey 1993, 129-76 (Raphael Stanze), 182-224 (Michelangelo Sistine Chapel); Wallace 2010, 89-104, 180-88.
November 16, Meeting 12: St. Peter's Basilica and Renaissance sculpture’s (Michelangelo’s Pieta, Tomb of Pope Sixtus IV)
Meet at JCU, Lecture Room, then move to site CHURCH DRESS CODE
Readings: *Ziegler, 1995, 28-36 (Michelangelo’s Pieta); *Hersey 1993, 36-41, 65-96 (building design history); Ettlinger 1953, 250-71 (Tomb of Sixtus IV); Stinger 1998, 166-200 (background); Wallace 2010, 222-29 (Michelangelo at St. Peter’s)
November 23, Meeting 13: Renaissance and Mannerist painting in a Papal fortress: Castel Sant'Angelo
Meet at Entrance to Castel Sant' Angelo
Readings: Hall, pt. 1
November 30, Meeting 14: Renaissance painting and beyond in Galleria Doria-Pamphili: the impact of the Renaissance
Meet at Entrance to Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Via del Corso near Piazza Venezia
Readings: TBA
FINAL EXAM
JCU Campus, Lecture Hall