IDS 340: La Dolce Vita: Module 4

October 1, Friday

Bryant: The Gates of Paradise, Brunelleschi’s Dome and Donatello’s David

Lubow, Arthur. ‘The Gates of Paradise : Panels from the Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti tour the U.S. for the first time.’ Smithsonian magazine, November 2007.

A Journey Through the Renaissance. Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation. 2010. http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/index2.htm

“Focus on Florence.” Renaissance. Annenberg Project. 2010. http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/florence.html

Department of European Paintings. "The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clan/hd_clan.htm (October 2002)

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Donatello. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Architecture in Renaissance Italy. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm

King, Ross. Brunelleschi’s Dome. Selected Readings.

October 4, Monday

Bryant: Michelangelo and Raphael in Florence and Rome 

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture. Library of Congress. 2002. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/

Department of European Paintings. "The Papacy and the Vatican Palace". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pope/hd_pope.htm (October 2002)

Chamberlin, E.R. "The Death and Resurrection of Rome: From A.D. 400 imperial Rome was subject to pillage and plunder, but Popes in the Renaissance destroyed in order to rebuild." History Today 28.5 (1978): 304. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 22 Jan. 2010.

PARTICIPATION ASSIGNMENT: Chamberlin Discussion Questions

Clarke, M.L. British Travellers to Rome in Tudor and Stuart Times. History Today, Nov78, Vol. 28 Issue 11, p746, 6p

PARTICIPATION ASSIGNMENT: Clarke, Rome Discussion Questions

October 6, Wednesday

Aiken- Bloom- The Grand Tourists Arrive in Rome

Black, Jeremy. “Chapter 5: Rome and the South.” Italy and the Grand Tour. Pages 46-67.

PARTICIPATION ASSIGNMENT: Black Chapter 5 Discussion Questions