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ARTH 430 Topics in Italian Renaissance Art Spring 2010Dr. Jeryldene WoodE-mail:jmwood@uiuc.edu401 Architecture Building Phone: 333-1540Office Hours: Wednesday, 4:00-5:00 pm or by appointmentVenetian Painting from Bellini <strong>to</strong> TitianThis course focuses on Venetian painting from ca. 1450-1550. Its approachemphasizes <strong>the</strong> his<strong>to</strong>rical, social, and intellectual, as well as <strong>the</strong> artisticcircumstances <strong>of</strong> pic<strong>to</strong>rial production and reception in Venice and her terri<strong>to</strong>ries.TextbooksHumfrey, Peter, Painting in Renaissance Venice (New Haven, 1995)Brown, Patricia Fortini, Art and Life in Renaissance Venice (New York, 1997)Web Page URL http://courses.art.illinois.edu/Spring10/arth430/ contains <strong>the</strong>syllabus, assignments, required images (including those not in <strong>the</strong> textbook)Requirements1. Three one-page writing assignments due in class 2/8, 3/8, and 4/12 (30%)2. Midterm Exam Mar. 15th (20%)3. Research Project (separate handout) (30%)a. Preliminary <strong>to</strong>pic and bibliography due in class Feb. 15thb. Final Topic, Proposal, and Bibliography due in class Mar. 31c. Research Essay and Bibliography due in class Apr. 19th4. Final Exam (20%)GradesStudents will be evaluated by attendance, participation in class discussions, and<strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir written work. The class uses +/- grades.
Week 1Jan. 20, 22Week 2Jan. 25, 27, 29Week 3Feb. 1, 3, 5Week 4Feb. 8, 10Feb. 12Lecture ScheduleIntroduction and <strong>the</strong> Myth <strong>of</strong> VeniceHumfrey, 1-35; Brown, chap. 1“The Making <strong>of</strong> a Visual World”: Guilds, Artists, DynastiesBrown, chap. 2; Humfrey, 108-11North Italian Painting: Gentile da Fabriano and PisanelloHumfrey, 37-53Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna in Padua and VeronaHumfrey, 37-53Andrea Mantegna in MantuaHumfrey, 53-63Library DayFeb. 8First Critique due in class: Starn, Randolph, “Seeing Culture ina Roomfor a Renaissance Prince,” in The New CulturalHis<strong>to</strong>ry, ed. L. Hunt (University <strong>of</strong> California Press, 1989): 205-32 (e-reserve)Week 5Feb. 15, 17, 19Feb. 15Week 6Feb. 22, 24, 26Week 7Mar. 1, 3, 5Week 8Mar. 8, 10, 12Mar. 8Week 9Mar. 15, 17, 19Mar. 15Sacred Images: Icon, Votive, and Devotional ImageryHumfrey, 63-81, 89-100; Brown, chap. 4Preliminary Research Topic and Bibliography due in classSacred Images: <strong>the</strong> Altarpiece“The Art <strong>of</strong> Public Life” and <strong>the</strong> Eyewitness StyleHumfrey, 81-89; P. Fortini Brown, “Painting and His<strong>to</strong>ry inRenaissance Venice,” Art His<strong>to</strong>ry, 7 (Sept. 1984): 263-94 [UIUCelectronic reserves]The Fifteenth-Century PortraitHumfrey, 100-07; Brown, chap. 6, 43-48Second Critique due in class: Critique <strong>of</strong> Nancy Thomson deGrummond, "VV and Related Inscriptions in Giorgione, Titian, andDürer," Art Bulletin (Sept. 1975): 346-56 (js<strong>to</strong>r)Giorgione, Titian, and SebastianoHumfrey, 113-29Midterm Exam
Mar. 22-26Spring BreakWeek 10Mar. 29, 31, Apr. 1Apr. 1Week 11Apr. 5, 7, 9Week 12Apr. 12, 14, 16Apr. 12Week 13Apr. 19, 21, 23Apr. 19Week 14Apr. 26, 28, 29Week 15May 3, 5Sacred and Pr<strong>of</strong>ane: Invigorating TraditionHumfrey, 130-52Final Research Topic and Bibliography due in classNew Genres: Allegory and Pas<strong>to</strong>ralHumfrey, 152-83The Sixteenth-Century PortraitHumfrey, 198-205; Brown, chap. 6, 148-67Third Critique due in class: Critique <strong>of</strong> Anne ChristineJunkerman, "The Lady and <strong>the</strong> Laurel: Gender and Meaning inGiorgione's Laura," Oxford Art Journal 16 (1993): 49ff [js<strong>to</strong>r]“Ut pictura poesis” and <strong>the</strong> Venetian poesiaHumfrey, 198-212; Brown, chap. 5Research essay due in classTheory and Criticism at Mid Sixteenth Century: colori<strong>to</strong> anddisegnoHumphrey, 212-218, 223-38Late Sixteenth-Century Venetian PaintingHumfrey, 218-67, Brown, chap. 3Final Exam: Tuesday, May 11 th , 9:00 – 11:00 am in Architecture 302
ARTH 430 Spring 2010CritiquesWriting AssignmentsRead <strong>the</strong> assigned article or essay and <strong>the</strong>n write an analysis <strong>of</strong> it. Yourcritique should summarize <strong>the</strong> reading and should include your ownevaluation or opinions <strong>of</strong> it. The critique should be typed (double-spaced)and approximately 250 words (one double-spaced page <strong>of</strong> 10 - 12 pointtype).The following questions are meant as guidelines, not as a manda<strong>to</strong>ry checklist1. What is <strong>the</strong> basic argument?2. Are specific characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong> art are singled out for discussion,and why?3. What kinds <strong>of</strong> evidence are used <strong>to</strong> support <strong>the</strong> author's argument?4. Does <strong>the</strong> author have a particular point <strong>of</strong> view or bias?5. Is <strong>the</strong> conclusion clear and logical? Do you agree with it?
ARTH 430 Fall 2004BOOKSBooks and Articles On Reserve in Ricker LibraryAnderson, Jaynie, Giorgione (New Haven, 1996?)Aretino, P., Aretino's Dialogues, tr. Rosenthal, 1972Barasch, M., Light and Color in <strong>the</strong> Italian Renaissance Theory <strong>of</strong> Art, 1978Baxandall, Michael, Patterns <strong>of</strong> Intention (New Haven, 1985)Brown, P.F., Venetian Narrative Painting in <strong>the</strong> Age <strong>of</strong> Carpaccio, 1988Fehl, P., Decorum and Wit: <strong>the</strong> poetry <strong>of</strong> Venetian Painting. Essays in <strong>the</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Classical Tradition, 1992Florence and Venice: Comparisons and Relation, ed. S. Bertelli, C.H. Smyth and N.Rubenstein, 2 vols., 1979Eisler, C., Jacopo Bellini's Sketchbooks,Giorgione: Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studio... , 1979G<strong>of</strong>fen, R., Piety and Patronage in Renaissance Venice: Bellini and Titian and <strong>the</strong>Franciscans, 1986G<strong>of</strong>fen, R., Giovanni Bellini, 1989G<strong>of</strong>fen, R., ed., Venus <strong>of</strong> Urbino, 1997G<strong>of</strong>fen, R., Titian’s Women, 1998Hirst, M., Sebastiano del Piombo, 1981Hope, C., Titian, 1980Humfrey, P., The Altarpiece in Venice, 1993Humfrey, P., Painting in Renaissance Venice, 1995Humfrey, P. Cambridge Companion <strong>to</strong> Bellini, 2004Huse, N. and Wolters, W., The Art <strong>of</strong> Renaissance Venice, Chicago, 1990Land, N., The Viewer as Poet: The Renaissance Response <strong>to</strong> Art, 1994Meilman, P., Cambridge Companion <strong>to</strong> Titian, 2004
Muir, E., Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice, 1981Pan<strong>of</strong>sky, E., Problems in Titian, Mostly IconographicPullan, B., Rich and Poor in Renaissance Venice, 1971Renaissance Venice, ed. J.R. Hale, 1973Rosand, D., Painting in Cinquecen<strong>to</strong> Venice, 1982, rev. ed. 1997?Roskill, M., Dolce's "Aretino" and Venetian Art Theory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cinquecen<strong>to</strong>, 1968Ruggiero, G., The Boundaries <strong>of</strong> Eros: Sex, Crime and Sexuality in RenaissanceVenice, 1985Tietze, H., Drawings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Venetian Painters [2 vols.]Tiziano e Venezia, 1980We<strong>the</strong>y, H., The Paintings <strong>of</strong> Titian, 3 vols., 1969Wilde, J., Venetian Art from Bellini <strong>to</strong> Titian, 1974 [rev. ed. 1991]Articles And EssaysBull, David and Plesters, Joyce, "Feast <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gods: Conservation, Examination, andInterpretation" in Studies in <strong>the</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> Art 40 (Monograph Series 2), National Gallery<strong>of</strong> Art, Wash., D.C, 1990de Grummond, Nancy Thomson, "VV and Related Inscriptions in Giorgione, Titian, andDürer," Art Bulletin (Sept. 1975): 346-56 [js<strong>to</strong>r]Fletcher, Jennifer, "Marcan<strong>to</strong>nio Michiel: his Friends and Collection," Burling<strong>to</strong>nMagazine 123 (1981b): 453-67 [js<strong>to</strong>r]G<strong>of</strong>fen, Rona, "Titian's Sacred and Pr<strong>of</strong>ane Love and Marriage" in The Expanding <strong>the</strong>Discourse, ed. M. Garrard and N. Broude, 1992, pp. 110-25Junkerman, Anne Christine, "The Lady and <strong>the</strong> Laurel: Gender and Meaning inGiorgione's Laura," Oxford Art Journal 16 (1993): 49ff [js<strong>to</strong>r]King, Margaret, "The Patriciate and <strong>the</strong> Intellectuals: Power and Ideas in Quattrocen<strong>to</strong>Venice," Societas 5:4 (1975): 295-312Land, Norman, "Ekphrasis and Imagination: Some Observations on Pietro Aretino's ArtCriticism," Art Bulletin 68 (June, 1986): 207-217 [js<strong>to</strong>r]Muir, Edward, "Images <strong>of</strong> Power: Art and Pageantry in Renaissance Venice," AmericanHis<strong>to</strong>rical Review 84 (1979): 16-52
Roberts, Helen, "St. Augustine in 'St. Jerome's Study': Carpaccio's Painting and itsLegendary Source," Art Bulletin 41 (1959): 283-97 [js<strong>to</strong>r]Starn, Randolph, “Seeing Culture in a Room for a Renaissance Prince,” in The NewCultural His<strong>to</strong>ry, ed. L. Hunt (University <strong>of</strong> California Press, 1989): 205-32 [e-reserve]Turner, Vic<strong>to</strong>r, "Social Dramas and S<strong>to</strong>ries about Them" in On Narrative, ed. W.J.T.Mitchell, Chicago, 1981Watson, Paul and Fehl, Philipp, "Ovidian Delight and Problems in Iconography: TwoEssays on Titian's Rape <strong>of</strong> Europa" S<strong>to</strong>ria dell'arte 26 (Jan.-Apr., 1976): 23-30, 249-58