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— ART HISTORY & IMAGE STUDIES — ARTH341 SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS ART HISTORY GUIDE Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Fall 2012 INTRODUCTION Questions What is the "Renaissance"? What's "new" in art? How is it "new"? Why was it made? Why does it look like Renaissance art? How do works of art (paintings, sculptures, architecture) come into existence? In what ways does art change the Renaissance? Why does art change during the Renaissance? The shift from Early Renaissance to High Renaissance The shift from High Renaissance to Mannerism Concerns Renaissance Humanism Renaissance Philosophy, especially Renaissance Neoplatoism Social, religious, and economic history Contemporary Written Sources Theophilus (12th century) (On various arts: English text: Book III) Cennino Cennini (Il Libro dell’Arte: English text) Leon Battista Alberti (On Painting: English text) Lorenzo Ghiberti Leonardo da Vinci Giorgio Vasari and his Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects