Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice: syllabus
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Eva Renzulli, Venice International University
Week 1
1.1- Venice: Myth and reality
1.2 – Venetian Society and its Institutions
Week 2
2.1 – Piazza San Marco
2.2 – The Ducal Palace
Week 3
3.1 – Discussion
3.2 – VISIT to the Ducal Palace
3.2 – VISIT to the Ducal Palace
Week 4
4.1 - The palaces of two patricians in the XVI century: Ca’ d’Oro and Ca’ Foscari. Ducal
allusions on private facades
4.2 - Art, religion and politics doge’s Foscari’s time: the Cappella dei Mascoli in Saint Mark’s church and the Cappella d’oro Chapel San Zaccaria. (deadline for PAPER TOPIC PROPOSITION)
allusions on private facades
4.2 - Art, religion and politics doge’s Foscari’s time: the Cappella dei Mascoli in Saint Mark’s church and the Cappella d’oro Chapel San Zaccaria. (deadline for PAPER TOPIC PROPOSITION)
Week 5
5.1 – Triumph over death: the Doge’s tomb in the XV century
5.2 – Scuole Grandi e Piccole: Architecture in the name of Piety, XV century
5.2 – Scuole Grandi e Piccole: Architecture in the name of Piety, XV century
Week 6
6.1 – Scuole Grandi e Piccole: Architecture in the name of Piety, XVI century
6.2 - Scuole Grandi e Piccole: Art in the name of Piety: Bellini and Carpaccio
6.2 - Scuole Grandi e Piccole: Art in the name of Piety: Bellini and Carpaccio
Week 7
7.1 - Giovanni Bellini’s altarpieces
7.2 - VISIT to the Accademia
7.2 - VISIT to the Accademia
Week 8
8.1 - HALF TERM EXAM
8.2 - Florentine and Lombard Renaissance echoes in Venetian ecclesiastical architecture: San Michele in Isola and of Santa Maria de’ Miracoli
8.2 - Florentine and Lombard Renaissance echoes in Venetian ecclesiastical architecture: San Michele in Isola and of Santa Maria de’ Miracoli
Week 9
9.1 - The German Fondaco and the Germans’ Chapel
9.2 - VISIT - Scuola to Santa Maria de’ Miracoli, San Giovanni e Paolo, San Zaccaria
9.2 - VISIT - Scuola to Santa Maria de’ Miracoli, San Giovanni e Paolo, San Zaccaria
Week 10
10.1 – Tiziano Vecellio
10.2 - Venice after the Sack of Rome (1527)
10.2 - Venice after the Sack of Rome (1527)
Week 11
11.1 - A Roman architect in Venice: Jacopo Sansovino
11.2 - From Ca’ Loredan to Ca’ Corner
11.2 - From Ca’ Loredan to Ca’ Corner
Week 12
12.1 - The Conquest of Constantinople and the Cardinal Bessarione.
12.2 - Visit of Marciana Library.
12.2 - Visit of Marciana Library.
