| Description: | The course introduces students to the peculiar language of some of the most fascinating artistic periods in Italian art: the Renaissance, the Mannerism and the Baroque (14th-18th centuries). It will cover the main monuments and themes in painting, sculpture, minor arts and architecture and it will be focused on personalities such as Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini and many others. Particular emphasis will be placed on Rome as the center of the production and commission of masterpieces of art. Visits to museums, galleries and churches are a fundamental part of the course. |