Florence, Italy
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Location |
Florence, Italy |
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Credits Offered |
ITAL 280 - 3 CREDITS (CUNY tuition is not included in program fee) |
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Financial Aid Scholarships |
PELL, student loans |
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Program Fee |
$ 1,225 (estimate) includes housing with breakfast,cultural events and international health insurance. Airfare not included. |
Program Description
This course offers a survey of the literature of the Italian Renaissance and a study of the contribution in the fields of literature, art, politics, and philosophy by such writers, artists and thinkers as Boccaccio, Petrarch, Alberti, Pico, Valla, Leonardo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Colonna, Stampa, Castiglione, Cellini and Vasari.
Textbooks
1) The Italian Renaissance Reader. Edited by Julia C. Bondanella and Mark Musa. New York: Penguin Meridian, 1987.
2) Course reader prepared by the instructor.
Grading Policy
1. Mid-term exam (essay questions): 40%
2. Final exam (essay questions): 40 %
3. Active participation (lectures and guided tours): 20 %
Syllabus
HOURS: M-F 10:00-12:30
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Day I |
INTRODUCTION. History and historiography of the Italian Renaissance. |
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Day II |
Petrarch and the birth of Humanism. |
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Day III |
Boccaccio. |
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Day IV |
Boccaccio. Early masters in Italian art: Giotto, Simone Martini. |
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Day V |
Latin and Italian Humanism. Salutati. Alberti. Art from Masaccio to Brunelleschi. |
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Day VI |
Valla. Pico della Mirandola. Women Humanists and their male colleagues. |
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Day VII |
Machiavelli. |
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Day VIII |
Guicciardini. MID-TERM EXAM |
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Day IX |
Leonardo: writer, 'proto-scientist' and artist. |
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Day X |
Bembo and Castiglione: on rules and behavior. |
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Day XI |
Michelangelo, the artist and his poetry. |
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Day XII |
Petrarchism and women writers: V. Colonna, V. Franco, G. Stampa, I. Di Morra. |
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Day XIII |
Benvenuto Cellini. Giorgio Vasari and the canonization of the Renaissance. |
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Day XIV |
Ariosto and the "Culture of Contradiction". |
Credits & Grades
Students in this program will receive both credits and letter grades. Grades will count towards their Hunter GPA.