Learning Objectives
Themes
The Winter School, called "The Italian Renaissance: Art, Literature, Political Thought" (Second Semester: February-April 2016), proposes to extend specific expertise to a potential international audience regarding Renaissance topics on three fundamental aspects of the Italian Renaissance: artistic production, literature, and political thought. Its main objectives are to: (1) provide systematic and updated knowledge relevant to the most important aspects of Italian Renaissance culture; (2) develop an understanding of themes, historiographical concepts, and interpretations of Italian Renaissance under an interdisciplinary perspective; (3) offer students the intellectual and methodological tools required to address basics research activities and learn to work directly with sources (both written and visual). In order to do so, topics will be covered, such as: geography and the periodization of the Renaissance - policies and institutions - art - philanthropy and patronage - humanism and political thought - literature and vernacular poetry - historiography. Classes are held entirely in English.