Description
[Renaissance/Baroque] This course will explore the history of art and architecture in the Italian home, with a special emphasis on Florence, from c.1350–1600. Domestic architecture, religious works made for private devotions, the material culture of the home, and various types of portraiture will be examined within the contexts of contemporary theories of virtue and magnificence, the rituals of marriage and childbirth, and the public and private promotion of political and personal agendas.