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Splendor of Renaissance Venice

Instructor(s): Kristin Love Huffman

Residents of Venice, both individually and collectively, fashioned an image of the city as unprecedented and exceptional, accomplishing this in great part through art and architecture.  Venice was indeed unique— a city built on water— and sponsors commissioned monuments as a way to promote the city as unparalleled in beauty, splendor, and glory. The thriving metropolis and the possibility for work attracted some of the most important artists practicing in the Renaissance, such as Titian and Jacopo Sansovino. By considering a range of artistic patrons and their art commissions and a number of the most famous artists, this course will offer a broad picture of Renaissance Venice, its art, and society. A Wired! class, the semester-research project will include a digital visualization.

Image Credit: Vittore Carpaccio, Meeting of the Betrothed from the Cycle of the Life of St. Ursula, 1490-96. Tempera on canvas. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice. http://www.wga.hu.

Course Code(s): ARTHIST 290, MEDREN 390-01, ITALIAN 390-02, VMS 290-01

Curriculum Code(s): None

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