DAWN of the RENAISSANCE
JANUARY, APRIL, SEPTEMBER 2018
This course covers the dramatic awakening of Italian art during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, particularly in the vibrant, independent city republics of Tuscany. Against a backdrop of rapid economic growth, turbulent political change, famine and war, artists
including Cimabue, Arnolfo di Cambio, Giotto, Andrea Pisano, Duccio, Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti skilfully catered to new contemporary religious, cultural and political aspirations,
forging a new style and marking the beginning of the dominant figurative tradition in Western European art. This course includes on-site visits to the Baptistery of San Giovanni, the church of San Miniato al Monte, the Palazzo Davanzati, the church of the Ognissanti, the church of Santa Maria Novella, the church of Orsanmichele, the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo and the church of Santa Croce.
“I enjoyed the course sessions and appreciated the informed, engaging lectures and the helpful handouts. It was a joy to attend the sessions!” M.S. – UK The British Institute of Florence Lungarno Guicciardini 9, Florence, Italy
[email protected] / +39.05526778268 www.britishinstitute.it € 750 FULL ENROLMENT HoASAM.18.03.06.HoA.2
€ 50 D AWN of the RENAISSANCE PER SESSION
2018 SAMPLE PROGRAMME
MON Lecture: When, Where and How did the Renaissance Begin? 15:00-16:30
TUE Lecture: The Baptistery & the Piazza del Duomo 15:00-16:30
WED Visit: The Museo dell’Opera del Duomo 15:00-16:30
THU Lecture: The Church of San Miniato al Monte 15:00-16:30
SAT Visit: Symbols and Symbolism in Gothic Art 10:00-11:30
MON Lecture: Marble and Bronze Sculpture 15:00-16:30
TUE Lecture: Tempera and Fresco Painting 15:00-16:30
WED Visit: Guelf and Ghibelline Historical Walk 15:00-16:30
THU Visit: Cimabue, Giotto and the Birth of Modern Painting 15:00-16:30
SAT Visit: Palazzo Davanzati 10:00-11:30
MON Lecture: The Church of Santa Maria Novella 15:00-16:30
TUE Lecture: The Case of Giotto’s Ognissanti Crucifix 15:00-16:30
WED Lecture: Domus Dei: Building the Gothic Cathedral 15:00-16:30
THU Lecture: Art, Politics and Pestilence in Siena’s Golden Age 15:00-16:30
FRI Lecture: Popular Religion in Late Medieval Florence 15:00-16:30
MON Lecture: The Church of Orsanmichele 15:00-16:30
TUE Lecture: Introduction to Italian Literature 15:00-16:30
WED Visit: Guido Riccio: A Consideration of Authenticity 15:00-16:30
THU Visit: The Church of Santa Croce 15:00-16:30
FRI Lecture: Florence from the Plague to the Ciompi Rebellion 15:00-16:30 GIOTTO, Baroncelli Polyptych (1334) Tempera on wood, Santa Croce, FLORENCE