6 – 7:30 pm
We will focus on the complex relationships among the realities of art making in Renaissance Italy, the theories advanced by critics and artists, and the mythologizing of artists and their creative processes. We will engage in discussions of contemporary writings on art and will visually analyze works by some of the period’s greatest artists: Giotto, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
Eight sessions, $190.
Online registration for this class is now closed. Please call (312) 255-3700 to register.
Jeff Nigro is an art historian and lecturer; he was affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago for over twenty years.
Materials List
Required:
Vasari, Giorgio. The Lives of the Artists, vol. 1. Translated by George Bull. Penguin Classics, 1988. ISBN 978-0140445008
Cellini, Benvenuto. Autobiography. Translated by George Bull. Penguin Classics, 1999. ISBN 978-0140447187
Course packet, to be purchased in class.