Italian Renaissance Architecture

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SYLLABUSRev. 2

31.05.2010

PALAZZI - FLORENCE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

FLORENCE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTSAPICIUS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITYSCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTDEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURECOURSE TITLE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURECOURSE CODE: LA AH AR 340SECTION: SECTION: 101 SESSION:FALL 2010

3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)Day and Time: MON 09:00 AM - 11:30 AMProfessor: Dr Andrea GaldyTeacher availability: Contact:[email protected]; mobile: +393393768491

Available to see students individually after class by appointment

1. DESCRIPTIONThis course explores the principal architects, monuments and themes of fifteenth and sixteenthcentury Italian architecture. Class time is divided equally between slide lectures and on-sitevisits in the city of Florence. Emphasis will be on Renaissance architecture in Florence, but willalso include architectural developments in Rome, Urbino, Mantua, Verona and Vicenza. Specialtopics will include:architectural theory, Medici and papal patronage, urban planning, and churchand palace design.Attention will be given to architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Michelozzo,Giuliano Sangallo, Bramante, Antonio Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, Giulio Romano andPalladio. In addition to the visits to key Renaissance buildings and urban spaces in Florence, afield trip to the Renaissance town of Pienza is included. Prerequisites: none

INSTRUCTORS NOTE: Mandatory Fieldtrip to Pienza: Friday 24 September

Lectures are held in English.

A questionnaire is distributed on the first day of class to inform the instructor about the

general background and characteristics of the students. Students are not required to answer allquestions.

Students must be aware that many lessons will consist of outdoor walking tours and

museum visits. Because of the antiquity of many of the buildings visited lifts are a rarecommodity. This course is therefore only suitable for those who have a fair degree of physicalmobility.

Students will be provided with handouts distributed at the beginning of the course that

will help with spelling and terminology.

2. OBJECTIVEThe student will be able to recognise the main characteristics, styles, and architecturalelements of typical Italian Renaissance buildings, concentrating on Florentine architecturalstyles.Students will learn about architectural terms as well as the function of the major architecturaland structural parts of buildings.

Many architectural terms given and used by the professor will be kept in the Latin orGreek language, so that students can familiarise themselves with international architecturalterminology.

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3. REQUIREMENTS Individual study of the notes, the readings, the handouts etc. at home is required after

every lecture, at least on a weekly basis. On your lecture schedule you will find information oneach meetings readings: a good pre-reading activity of the material is highly recommended tofollow better in-class explanations.

Students are required to research, read, and study quite often at the School Library.

Please make sure you are familiar with it (know how it works, opening and closing times,

facilities, etc.) from the very start of the course. For the material you will need to type, you need to check the school computer facilities

and the compatibility between your own computer/software and that offered by the school.Make sure you have enough time to sort out any problems in good time before yourpresentation/paper is due.

Maximum punctuality, cleanliness, and good behaviour are expected from you. No

eating is allowed in class.

A responsible and active class participation is expected at all times and activities.

At all times cell phones must be turned off (both during lectures and visits).

Please consider strict guidelines regarding attendance and behaviour during scheduled

visits/field trip (as described in pertinent paragraphs).

Please also consider important notes on attendance, participation and assignments (asdescribed in pertinent paragraphs)

4. METHODThe teaching is divided between lectures with slides and on-site teaching (for lectures and visitssee the programme at the end of this prospectus)Guided visits to churches, palaces, museums and galleries are as important as lectures taughtin class.

Handouts about lectures and visits will be provided at each class. The handouts alsocontain notes relating to historical events, foreign terms, historical terminology and so on. Thelecture handouts include a list of readings for that class.

5. TEXT BOOK FURTHER READINGS INTERNET RESOURCES

COURSE TEXT BOOKPeter Murray, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance, Thames & Hudson 1981.This book has been preordered by FUA at Paperback Exchange, Via delle Oche 4. Pleaseprovide the name of the course and of your professor when you purchase the book.

FURTHER SUGGESTED READINGS:(all books are in the FUA Library) James Ackermann: The architecture of Michelangelo. Penguin. Leon Battista Alberti, On the Art of Building in 10 Books. Jakob Burckhardt, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance. Fabio Barry (ed), Paper Palaces, The Rise of the Renaissance architectural treatise. Peter Burke, The Italian Renaissance. Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape. Eds. Fleming. Ludwig H. Heydenreich,Architecture in Italy 1400-1500, Yale University Press 1996. Andrew Hopkins, Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Bernini, Thames & Hudson 2002. Bertrand Jestaz,Architecture of the Renaissance: From Brunelleschi to Palladio,Discoveries, Abrams Inc., NY. Ross King, Brunelleschis Dome, Chatto&Windus, London. Lewis, The City of Florence. Wolfgang Lotz, Studies in Italian Renaissance Architecture.

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Wolfgang Lotz,Architecture in Italy 1500-1600, Yale University Press 1995. C Rowe, Italian Architecture of the 16th century. Sir John Summerson, Classical Language of Architecture, 1963. Egon Verheyen, The Palazzo del Te at Mantua. Vitruvius, Ten Books of Architecture. Ed. By Frank Granger. Harvard University Press,London 2002. Rudolf Wittkower, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, New York London, W.Norton & Company 1962.

INTERNET RESOURCES:Students are strongly discouraged from using internet sources other than electronic journalsthat can be accessed through JSTOR. Websites of museums and churches can be a goodintroduction to a building or artwork but should never be used without checking them againstserious scholarly information.

LIBRARIES IN FLORENCEStudents have access to the two school libraries at Apicius International School of Hospitalityand Florence University of the Arts:

Apicius: The Apicius library is located on the 1st floor of the annex at GANZO in via dei Macci85r.

Florence University of the Arts: The FUA library is located on the first floor of Via Magliabechi 1.Please consult the posted course schedules for official opening times. Please note that bothlibraries are consultation only and thus it is not possible to remove texts. It is possible to makephotocopies (fee-based).

Students are encouraged to take advantage of Florences libraries and research centers:

Biblioteca Palagio di Parte GuelfaLocated in Piazzetta di Parte Guelfa between Pza della Repubblica and Ponte Vecchio.Telephone: 055.261.6029. The library is open Monday thru Saturday. This library is open until10:00pm during weekdays.

Biblioteca delle OblateLocated in via dell'Oriuolo 26 (across the street from SQUOLA Center for Contemporary Italian

Studies) Telephone: 055 261 6512. Please consult the website www.bibliotecadelleoblate.it for current opening times under orario.

The Harold Acton Library at the British Institute of FlorenceAddress: Lungarno Guicciardini 9. For opening times and student membership information:

www.britishinstitute.it/en .This is a fee-based membership library.

6. VISITS TRIPSThis course has regular site visits in Florence and a mandatory fieldtrip to Pienza. For details,please consult the schedule at the end of the syllabus.

Important Guidelines for Visits:

Make sure you know the exact meeting point each week and how to get there; be aware

that there might be changes in the visit schedule.

Please dress decently at all times. If we are visiting a church remember to dress

appropriately (no short pants, no sleeveless tops/dresses for women, men should uncover theirheads when entering a church). Anyone denied access because of their dress will havethat session counted as an unexcused absence.

Dress comfortably, especially with regard to footwear there is a lot of walking and

standing for long periods. Do not burden yourselves with heavy bags there is not always a

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place to check them in. No food or drink (not even a small water bottle) allowed insidemuseums and churches. Anyone trying to eat or drink inside a museum or church willhave their presentation/paper grade lowered by one letter grade.

You must not be late at the meeting point, as the class cannot wait for you to start a visit.

This is especially so when we have reservations for State Museums.

If you miss a visit you must go independently and as soon as possible to the museum in

question with the appropriate explanatory handout. Also please inform yourselves of anyinstructions for the following week.

Two late shows will be treated as an absence; this applies to both lectures and guidedvisits.

MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MAP AND KNOW WHERE TO GO.

While in Florence make the most of the sights and museums at your disposal.Recommended visits:

Uffizi Gallery

Galleria Palatina inside Pitti Palace

Galleria di Arte Moderna inside Pitti Palace

Archaeological Museum

Museo Marino Marini

Museo di Antropologia, via del Proconsolo, (Palazzo non finito)

7. MATERIAL LISTN/A

Lockers are available for storing materials at 10 Euro (given back after returning thekey).

8. ADDITIONAL FEES:In addition to the textbooks, students will be responsible to pay for all museum/site visit

entries and reservation costs as well as any materials or supplies (ex food, wine forinstruction) necessary for the successful completion of the course.Students will be informed on the first day of class of the exact amount for the above by theinstructor.

Some mandatory fieldtrips or visits may be included at an extra cost (details paragraph #6)

In addition students may be required to leave a deposit for equipment that will be loaned tothem during the semester. The deposit will be returned at the end of the course, provided theequipment has been returned in the same condition it was loaned.

9. EVALUATION GRADING SYSTEM

Final Grade Breakdown10% Attendance and Participation20% Midterm Exam35% Student Presentation/Research Paper35% Final Exam

Please note that a detailed explanation of the above is found in Section 11 (Assignments, TermPapers and Exams).

Grading Scale

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A = 100 93% A - = 92 90% B+ = 89 87% B = 86 83% B- =82 80%C+ = 79 77% C = 76 73% C- = 72 70% D = 69 60% F = 59 0%

10. ATTENDANCE PARTICIPATION

Academic integrity and mutual respect between instructor and student are central to Palazzisacademic policies. This is reflected in the attendance policy. Class attendance is mandatoryand counts towards the final grade. Roll will be taken at the beginning and end of each class.Coming late and leaving earlier affects the attendance and participation grade. It is importantthat students come to class on time. Two delays will be considered one absence.

Each absence from class will negatively impact your final grade (Attendance).

After the second absence the instructor will notify the student is at risk.

After the third absence the instructor may lower the final grade by one letter grade at the end ofthe term. (Example: 90/A- = B-)

After the fourth absence the student will receive an automatic Failure.

It is always the student's responsibility to know how many absences they have in acourse.

Travel is NEVER an excuse for absence from class.

11. EXAMS PAPER1. The Midterm Exam counts for 20% of the final course grade.It will take place on 18 October and consists of a slide test with ten identifications and an essayquestion (20 points max.).

2. Student Presentation/Research Paper counts for 35% of the final course grade.The typed paper will have to be handed in to the professor after the student presentation.Please note: Late presentations or papers will not be accepted. Also, papers left in theprofessors box will not be accepted. If the paper is not turned in, the grade will be Fcorresponding to 0 points. Papers will be accepted before the established date, but only duringthe class hour.

The presentation/paper should be the fruit of independent research, using the books held bythe FUA library, other libraries in town, web-based sources such as JSTOR, and the primaryartistic sources available in the Florentine museums and churches.The topics and further detail will be discussed with the students on the first day of the course.

The written paper should be at least 3 pages long, Times New Roman, 12 pts, 1.5 lines.Please make sure the paper includes a bibliography on a separate sheet. Deliver your paperstapled and with page numbers.

3. The Final Exam counts for 35% of the final course grade.It will take place on 13 December and consists of ten slide identifications (20 points max.) andthree essay questions (15 points max.).The Final Exam is cumulative.

The Final Exam is cumulative

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Remember that the dates of the exams cannot be changed for any reason.

12. LESSONS

Lesson 1

Date Monday 6 September

Meet In class: Introduction to the CourseVisit Florence Cathedral and Piazza Duomo

Lesson 2


Meet In class

Lecture From the Greeks to the end of the 13th C - Romanesqueand Gothic

Visit S. Croce

Reading Textbook: 7-30

Lesson 3


Meet In class

Lecture Filippo Brunelleschi(1377-1446)

Visit Foundling Hospital, S. Lorenzo


Date Friday 24 September Meet Piazza Indipendenza @ 7.45am

Lecture FieldtripNote Departure ca 8am and return to Florence ca 4pm.

Student PresentationsThis trip is an integral part of the course and a no-show willcount as one absence!

Lesson 4


Meet In class

Lecture Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) and Michelozzo Michelozzi(1396-1472)

Visit Piazzale Michelangelo and S Miniato al Monte


Note Student Presentations

Lesson 5

Date Monday 4 October

Meet In class

Lecture Introduction to Florentine Domestic Architecture

Visit Walking tour of Florentine Palazzi(I): Palazzo Gondi, PalazzoRucellai, Palazzo Davanzati, Palazzo Medici


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Lesson 6

Date Monday 11 October Meet In class

Lecture Palace design in Florence, Urbino, and RomeVisit Walking tour of Florentine Palazzi (II): Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo

Pitti, Santa Maria NovellaReading Textbook: 83-93

Note Review for MidtermStudent Presentations

Lesson 7

Date Monday 18 October

Meet In class

Exam Midterm Exam

Lesson 8

Date Monday 25 October Meet NO CLASS MIDTERM BREAK

Lesson 9

Date Monday 1 November

Meet No Class-Public Holiday

Lesson 10


Meet In Front of the Neptune Fountain

Visit Palazzo VecchioLecture Filarete (Antonio Averlino, about 1400-1469), Leonardo da Vinci

(1452-1519) and Bramante (1444-1514)



Lesson 11


Meet In class

Lecture Bramante (1444-1514) and St. PetersGiulio Romano (1499-1546) - Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Reading Textbook: 132-42 &149-60Note Student Presentations

Lesson 12

Date Monday 22 November Meet Meet in Front of S Lorenzo

Visit Laurentian Library, Medici ChapelsLecture Michelangelo (1475-1564)


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Lesson 13


Meet In class

Lecture Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)


Note Revision for Finals

Lesson 14

Date Monday 6 December

Note NO CLASS-replaced by fieldtrip to Pienza

Lesson 15

Date Monday 13 December Meet In class

Exam Final Exam

10 slides, 3 essay questions

ALTERNATIVE LESSONScreening of 'Civilisations' by Kenneth Clarke. Please take careful notes for each student willhave to write a short essay on how many Renaissance architects' work was influenced by their'other' professions, such as sculptor or painter.

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