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Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance

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Overview

Study masterpieces by such great Renaissance artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian in this visually-rich course taught by an art historian.

Syllabus

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  • 01: Italy and the Renaissance
  • 02: From Gothic to Renaissance
  • 03: Brunelleschi and Ghiberti in Florence
  • 04: Donatello and Luca della Robbia
  • 05: Masaccio
  • 06: Masaccio-The Brancacci Chapel
  • 07: Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi
  • 08: Three Specialists
  • 09: Donatello and Padua
  • 10: Piero della Francesca-Individual Works
  • 11: Piero della Francesca-Legend of the True Cross
  • 12: Pageant of Life in Renaissance Florence
  • 13: The Heroic Nude
  • 14: Sculpture Small and Large
  • 15: Botticelli-Spirituality and Sensuality
  • 16: Botticelli and the Trouble in Italy
  • 17: Filippino Lippi
  • 18: Leonardo da Vinci-Portraits and Altarpieces
  • 19: Leonardo da Vinci-The Last Supper
  • 20: Michelangelo-Florentine Works
  • 21: Michelangelo-Roman Projects
  • 22: Michelangelo-The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  • 23: Raphael-Madonnas and Portraits
  • 24: Raphael-History Paintings
  • 25: Urbino-Microcosm of Renaissance Civilization
  • 26: Andrea Mantegna in Padua and Mantua
  • 27: Venice-Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance
  • 28: Celebrating the Living City
  • 29: Giovanni Bellini-The Early Years
  • 30: Antonello da Messina and Giovanni Bellini
  • 31: Giovanni Bellini-The Late Years
  • 32: Giorgione
  • 33: Giorgione or Titian?
  • 34: Titian-The Early Years
  • 35: A Culture in Crisis
  • 36: The Renaissance Reformed

Taught by

William Kloss

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