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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 to TitianThis course focuses on Venetian painting from ca. 1450-1550. Its approachemphasizes the historical, social, and intellectual, as well as the artisticcircumstances of pictorial production and reception in Venice and her territories.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 thesyllabus, assignments, required images (including those not in the 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 topic 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, andthe quality of their written work. The class uses +/- grades.

Week 1Jan. 20, 22Week 2Jan. 25, 27, 29Week 3Feb. 1, 3, 5Week 4Feb. 8, 10Feb. 12Lecture ScheduleIntroduction and the Myth of VeniceHumfrey, 1-35; Brown, chap. 1“The Making of 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 CulturalHistory, ed. L. Hunt (University of 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: the Altarpiece“The Art of Public Life” and the Eyewitness StyleHumfrey, 81-89; P. Fortini Brown, “Painting and History inRenaissance Venice,” Art History, 7 (Sept. 1984): 263-94 [UIUCelectronic reserves]The Fifteenth-Century PortraitHumfrey, 100-07; Brown, chap. 6, 43-48Second Critique due in class: Critique of Nancy Thomson deGrummond, "VV and Related Inscriptions in Giorgione, Titian, andDürer," Art Bulletin (Sept. 1975): 346-56 (jstor)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 Profane: Invigorating TraditionHumfrey, 130-52Final Research Topic and Bibliography due in classNew Genres: Allegory and PastoralHumfrey, 152-83The Sixteenth-Century PortraitHumfrey, 198-205; Brown, chap. 6, 148-67Third Critique due in class: Critique of Anne ChristineJunkerman, "The Lady and the Laurel: Gender and Meaning inGiorgione's Laura," Oxford Art Journal 16 (1993): 49ff [jstor]“Ut pictura poesis” and the Venetian poesiaHumfrey, 198-212; Brown, chap. 5Research essay due in classTheory and Criticism at Mid Sixteenth Century: colorito 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 the assigned article or essay and then write an analysis of it. Yourcritique should summarize the reading and should include your ownevaluation or opinions of it. The critique should be typed (double-spaced)and approximately 250 words (one double-spaced page of 10 - 12 pointtype).The following questions are meant as guidelines, not as a mandatory checklist1. What is the basic argument?2. Are specific characteristics of the works of art are singled out for discussion,and why?3. What kinds of evidence are used to support the author's argument?4. Does the author have a particular point of view or bias?5. Is the 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 the Italian Renaissance Theory of Art, 1978Baxandall, Michael, Patterns of Intention (New Haven, 1985)Brown, P.F., Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio, 1988Fehl, P., Decorum and Wit: the poetry of Venetian Painting. Essays in the History of theClassical 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... , 1979Goffen, R., Piety and Patronage in Renaissance Venice: Bellini and Titian and theFranciscans, 1986Goffen, R., Giovanni Bellini, 1989Goffen, R., ed., Venus of Urbino, 1997Goffen, 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 to Bellini, 2004Huse, N. and Wolters, W., The Art of Renaissance Venice, Chicago, 1990Land, N., The Viewer as Poet: The Renaissance Response to Art, 1994Meilman, P., Cambridge Companion to Titian, 2004

Muir, E., Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice, 1981Panofsky, E., Problems in Titian, Mostly IconographicPullan, B., Rich and Poor in Renaissance Venice, 1971Renaissance Venice, ed. J.R. Hale, 1973Rosand, D., Painting in Cinquecento Venice, 1982, rev. ed. 1997?Roskill, M., Dolce's "Aretino" and Venetian Art Theory of the Cinquecento, 1968Ruggiero, G., The Boundaries of Eros: Sex, Crime and Sexuality in RenaissanceVenice, 1985Tietze, H., Drawings of the Venetian Painters [2 vols.]Tiziano e Venezia, 1980Wethey, H., The Paintings of Titian, 3 vols., 1969Wilde, J., Venetian Art from Bellini to Titian, 1974 [rev. ed. 1991]Articles And EssaysBull, David and Plesters, Joyce, "Feast of the Gods: Conservation, Examination, andInterpretation" in Studies in the History of Art 40 (Monograph Series 2), National Galleryof Art, Wash., D.C, 1990de Grummond, Nancy Thomson, "VV and Related Inscriptions in Giorgione, Titian, andDürer," Art Bulletin (Sept. 1975): 346-56 [jstor]Fletcher, Jennifer, "Marcantonio Michiel: his Friends and Collection," BurlingtonMagazine 123 (1981b): 453-67 [jstor]Goffen, Rona, "Titian's Sacred and Profane Love and Marriage" in The Expanding theDiscourse, ed. M. Garrard and N. Broude, 1992, pp. 110-25Junkerman, Anne Christine, "The Lady and the Laurel: Gender and Meaning inGiorgione's Laura," Oxford Art Journal 16 (1993): 49ff [jstor]King, Margaret, "The Patriciate and the Intellectuals: Power and Ideas in QuattrocentoVenice," Societas 5:4 (1975): 295-312Land, Norman, "Ekphrasis and Imagination: Some Observations on Pietro Aretino's ArtCriticism," Art Bulletin 68 (June, 1986): 207-217 [jstor]Muir, Edward, "Images of Power: Art and Pageantry in Renaissance Venice," AmericanHistorical 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 [jstor]Starn, Randolph, “Seeing Culture in a Room for a Renaissance Prince,” in The NewCultural History, ed. L. Hunt (University of California Press, 1989): 205-32 [e-reserve]Turner, Victor, "Social Dramas and Stories 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 of Europa" Storia dell'arte 26 (Jan.-Apr., 1976): 23-30, 249-58