- 15:00 - 16:30 Introduction to Renaissance Florence (Blended Lecture) This lecture will establish the scope and contents of the course with a survey of Florence's major artistic personalities and movements during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Urbino (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Architecture in the Age of Brunelleschi (Blended Lecture) This lecture will explore the major architectural projects of Filippo Brunelleschi in Florence, along with his contributions to the feilds of sculpture and perspectival drawing.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Ferrara (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Sculpture in the Age of Donatello (Blended Lecture) This lecture will survey the long life and career of Donatello, making connections with the other protagonists of 15th century Florentine sculpture such as Nanni di Banco and Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Painting in the Age of Botticelli (Blended Lecture) This lecture will chart the rise and fall of Sandro Botticelli, from his earliest works produced under the patronage of the Medici, to his final years in the post-Savonarola Republic of Florence in the early sixteenth century.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Perugia (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Sculpture in the Age of Michelangelo (Blended Lecture) This lecture will cover Michelangelo’s early years up to the age of 25, from his apprenticeship as a painter in the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio to his almost miraculous ‘adoption’ into the household of Lorenzo de’Medici, his training at the Medici sculpture garden at San Marco and, following the untimely death of his mentor ‘Il Magnifico’ and the subsequent expulsion of the Medici family from Florence, his move to Bologna and then to Rome.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Orvieto (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Painting in the Age of Pontormo (Blended Lecture) This lecture will explore the life and career of Jacopo Pontormo, with particular focus on how this painter developed totally unconventional forms and styles, sometimes verging on the eccentric, which can be said to have mirrored his introspective, angst-ridden personality.
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Painting in the Age of Bronzino (Blended Lecture) This lecture will explore the general characteristics of the later phase of Mannerism and the work of Agnolo Bronzino by reviewing the various works of this quintessential ‘court’ artist, with particular attention given to his complex compositional tendencies and unique use of colour.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Venice (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Sculpture in the Age of Giambologna (Blended Lecture) This lecture will consider the role of Giambologna as leading exponent of the Florentine mannerist style through his Medici court commissions as well as his influence on contemporary sculptors.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Rome Part 1 (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Architecture in the Age of Buontalenti (Blended Lecture) This lecture will examine the architectural activity of Bernardo Buontalenti under the Medici Grand Dukes, with particular attention given to the development of Mannerism in Florentine architecture, villas and garden design.
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Sculpture in the Age of Foggini (Blended Lecture) This lecture will investigate the extraordinary of Giovanni Battista Foggini, grand ducal sculptor, court architect and supervisor the grand ducal studio and foundry in Borgo Pinti, as well as the Galleria dei Lavori (now the Opificio delle Pietre Dure).
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Bologna (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Florentine Painting in the Age of Garzoni (Blended Lecture) This lecture will explore the discipline of still life painting in Florence and the genre's ties to both religious iconographic traditions and the advancement of scientific illustration, with particular attention given to the works of Giovanna Garzoni and Jacopo Ligozzi.
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- 18:00 - 19:30 Zooming in on Renaissance Rome Part 2 (Online only)
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- 15:00 - 16:30 Making Connections with Renaissance Florence (Blended Lecture) This lecture will offer a concluding selection of monuments and movements with which to compare and contrast the employment of Renaissance art and architecture in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
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