Special aspects of the History of Art IIb

Specific Foundation / Core

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

► Upon the successful completion of the course the students will be able to: 1.Trace the timeline of major events in Italian Renaissance and discuss important artists in terms of the style of their work 2.Get familiar with many different forms taken by art in the ancient world and in the Renaissance and the ways that this material can be approached and used in the study of wider historical and cultural issues. 3.Develop intellectual skills of visual analysis including ability to recognise and interpret different iconographies and to analyse different artistic styles 4.Present structured chain of argument drawing together evidence into cohesive whole of history of art and visual arts 5.Select and apply appropriate problem-solving methodologies connecting art history and visual arts 6.Conduct independent research and analysis

Τhe Survival of Antiquity in Renaissance. Part II.: «Renaissance» as a holistic revival of Antiquity, is a nineteenth-century invention, first sketched in 1855 by the French historian Jules Michelet (1798-1874), and then brilliantly elaborated by the Swiss scholar Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1879) in his «Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien»(1860). From the early years of the Renaissance, artists like Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Botticelli, Raffael and others portrayed subjects from Greek mythology alongside more conventional Christian themes. Τhe rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance is examined. In Florence of the 15th century, the birth-place of Renaissance, charismatic artists like Masaccio, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo, created works whose influence were of decisive importance for the evolution of modern art. The remains of Greco-Roman antiquity—coins, gems, sculpture, painting, buildings and the classics of Greek and Latin literature fascinated the thinking men and women of the Italian Renaissance. They sought to revitalize their culture through re-emphasizing classical texts and philosophies. They expanded and interpreted them, creating their own style of art, philosophy and scientific inquiry. Some major developments of the Renaissance include astronomy, humanist philosophy, the printing press, vernacular language in writing, painting and sculpture technique, world exploration and, in the late Renaissance, Shakespeare's works.

Cultural heritage, Greek Myths, Italian Renaissance, Topography, Architecture, Sculpture, Paintig, Coins, Gems

15-11-2020