HIST-165 Italian Renaissance Civilization and Culture: From imitation to innovation
Was it perhaps something in the water? How did Italy produce so much genius between 1300-1600? Economic stability, enlightened rulers, a burgeoning merchant class, and an insatiable thirst for knowledge spawned one of the most prolific periods of artistic, literary, and scientific progress known to history. From Dante to Da Vinci, Giotto to Galileo, Machiavelli to Michelangelo, and Savonarola to sprezzatura, we will study the men, the women, and the ideas that shaped Western civilization.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
ITALN-165
Offered
Fall
Notes
No knowledge of Italian required.