ART 318 Michelangelo (MMCS)
This monographic course will deal with issues of form, meaning, context, and historical reception in the work of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The emphasis is on a contemporary analysis of Michelangelo and his historical and artistic context, including the importance of architecture in his work, his literary aspirations, questions of Mannerist style in his later art, biographical issues, his poetry, and his legacy to subsequent generations of artists. Through the in-depth study of this single artist, students will gain a deeper insight into ideas in artistic culture in the Renaissance, and gain an understanding of how the perception of the artist has changed over time and as a multiplicity of voices and artists enter the art historical conversation.