SYLLABUS

Rev. 2 31.05.2010

PALAZZI - FLORENCE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

FLORENCE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS APICIUS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ART DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE COURSE TITLE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE COURSE CODE: LA AH AR 340 SECTION: SECTION: 101 SESSION:FALL 2010 3 semester credits (45 lecture hours) Day and Time: MON 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM Professor: Dr Andrea Galdy Teacher availability: Contact: [email protected]; mobile: +393393768491 Available to see students individually after class by appointment 1. DESCRIPTION
This course explores the principal architects, monuments and themes of fifteenth and sixteenth century Italian architecture. Class time is divided equally between slide lectures and on-site visits in the city of Florence. Emphasis will be on Renaissance architecture in Florence, but will also include architectural developments in Rome, Urbino, Mantua, Verona and Vicenza. Special topics will include:architectural theory, Medici and papal patronage, urban planning, and church and palace design.Attention will be given to architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Michelozzo, Giuliano Sangallo, Bramante, Antonio Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, Giulio Romano and Palladio. In addition to the visits to key Renaissance buildings and urban spaces in Florence, a field 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 all questions. 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 rare commodity. This course is therefore only suitable for those who have a fair degree of physical mobility. Students will be provided with handouts distributed at the beginning of the course that will help with spelling and terminology.

2. OBJECTIVE
The student will be able to recognise the main characteristics, styles, and architectural elements of typical Italian Renaissance buildings, concentrating on Florentine architectural styles. Students will learn about architectural terms as well as the function of the major architectural and structural parts of buildings. Many architectural terms given and used by the professor will be kept in the Latin or Greek language, so that students can familiarise themselves with international architectural terminology.

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 on each meetings readings: a good pre-reading activity of the material is highly recommended to follow 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 your presentation/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 (as described in pertinent paragraphs)

4. METHOD
The teaching is divided between lectures with slides and on-site teaching (for lectures and visits see the programme at the end of this prospectus) Guided visits to churches, palaces, museums and galleries are as important as lectures taught in class. Handouts about lectures and visits will be provided at each class. The handouts also contain notes relating to historical events, foreign terms, historical terminology and so on. The lecture handouts include a list of readings for that class.

5. TEXT BOOK FURTHER READINGS INTERNET RESOURCES

COURSE TEXT BOOK Peter Murray, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance, Thames & Hudson 1981. This book has been preordered by FUA at Paperback Exchange, Via delle Oche 4. Please provide 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.

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 journals that can be accessed through JSTOR. Websites of museums and churches can be a good introduction to a building or artwork but should never be used without checking them against serious scholarly information. LIBRARIES IN FLORENCE Students have access to the two school libraries at Apicius International School of Hospitality and Florence University of the Arts: Apicius: The Apicius library is located on the 1st floor of the annex at GANZO in via dei Macci 85r. 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 both libraries are consultation only and thus it is not possible to remove texts. It is possible to make photocopies (fee-based). Students are encouraged to take advantage of Florences libraries and research centers: Biblioteca Palagio di Parte Guelfa Located 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 until 10:00pm during weekdays. Biblioteca delle Oblate Located 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 Florence Address: Lungarno Guicciardini 9. For opening times and student membership information: www.britishinstitute.it/en.This is a fee-based membership library.

6. VISITS TRIPS
This 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 their heads when entering a church). Anyone denied access because of their dress will have that 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

place to check them in. No food or drink (not even a small water bottle) allowed inside museums and churches. Anyone trying to eat or drink inside a museum or church will have 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 any instructions for the following week. Two late shows will be treated as an absence; this applies to both lectures and guided visits. 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 LIST N/A Lockers are available for storing materials at 10 Euro (given back after returning the key). 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 for instruction) 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 the instructor. 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 to them during the semester. The deposit will be returned at the end of the course, provided the equipment has been returned in the same condition it was loaned.

9. EVALUATION GRADING SYSTEM

Final Grade Breakdown 10% Attendance and Participation 20% Midterm Exam 35% Student Presentation/Research Paper 35% Final Exam Please note that a detailed explanation of the above is found in Section 11 (Assignments, Term Papers and Exams). Grading Scale

A = 100 93% 82 80% C+ = 79 77%

A - = 92 90% C = 76 73%

B+ = 89 87%

B = 86 83% B-

C- = 72 70%

D = 69 60% F = 59 0%

10. ATTENDANCE PARTICIPATION

Academic integrity and mutual respect between instructor and student are central to Palazzis academic policies. This is reflected in the attendance policy. Class attendance is mandatory and 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 important that 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 of the 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 a course. Travel is NEVER an excuse for absence from class.

11. EXAMS PAPER

1. 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 essay question (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 the professors box will not be accepted. If the paper is not turned in, the grade will be F corresponding to 0 points. Papers will be accepted before the established date, but only during the class hour. The presentation/paper should be the fruit of independent research, using the books held by the FUA library, other libraries in town, web-based sources such as JSTOR, and the primary artistic 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 paper stapled 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.) and three essay questions (15 points max.). The Final Exam is cumulative. The Final Exam is cumulative

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

12. LESSONS
Lesson 1 Date Meet Visit Lesson 2 Date Meet Lecture Visit Reading Lesson 3 Date Meet Lecture Visit Reading Date Meet Lecture Note Monday 20 September In class Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) Foundling Hospital, S. Lorenzo Textbook: 31-50 Friday 24 September Piazza Indipendenza @ 7.45am Fieldtrip Departure ca 8am and return to Florence ca 4pm. Student Presentations This trip is an integral part of the course and a no-show will count as one absence! Monday 13 September In class From the Greeks to the end of the 13th C - Romanesque and Gothic S. Croce Textbook: 7-30 Monday 6 September In class: Introduction to the Course Florence Cathedral and Piazza Duomo

Lesson 4 Date Meet Lecture Visit Reading Note Lesson 5 Date Meet Lecture Visit Note Monday 4 October In class Introduction to Florentine Domestic Architecture Walking tour of Florentine Palazzi (I): Palazzo Gondi, Palazzo Rucellai, Palazzo Davanzati, Palazzo Medici Student Presentations Monday 27 September In class Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) and Michelozzo Michelozzi (1396-1472) Piazzale Michelangelo and S Miniato al Monte Textbook: 51-81 Student Presentations

Lesson 6 Date Meet Lecture Visit Reading Note Lesson 7 Date Meet Exam Lesson 8 Date Meet Lesson 9 Date Meet Lesson 10 Date Meet Visit Lecture Reading Note Lesson 11 Date Meet Lecture Reading Note Lesson 12 Date Meet Visit Lecture Reading Monday 22 November Meet in Front of S Lorenzo Laurentian Library, Medici Chapels Michelangelo (1475-1564) Textbook: 171-82 Monday 15 November In class Bramante (1444-1514) and St. Peters Giulio Romano (1499-1546) - Michelangelo (1475-1564) Textbook: 132-42 &149-60 Student Presentations Monday 8 November In Front of the Neptune Fountain Palazzo Vecchio Filarete (Antonio Averlino, about 1400-1469), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and Bramante (1444-1514) Textbook: 107-31 Student Presentations Monday 1 November No Class-Public Holiday Monday 25 October NO CLASS MIDTERM BREAK Monday 18 October In class Midterm Exam Monday 11 October In class Palace design in Florence, Urbino, and Rome Walking tour of Florentine Palazzi (II): Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo Pitti, Santa Maria Novella Textbook: 83-93 Review for Midterm Student Presentations

Note Lesson 13 Date Meet Lecture Reading Note Lesson 14 Date Note Lesson 15 Date Meet Exam

Student Presentations

Monday 29 November In class Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) Textbook: 210-36 Revision for Finals

Monday 6 December NO CLASS-replaced by fieldtrip to Pienza

Monday 13 December In class Final Exam 10 slides, 3 essay questions

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