An historian asked “Did women have a Renaissance?” as the concept of the Renaissance as a period of tremendous creativity in the arts seemed to be based only on the lives of men. This course seeks to understand the lives of early modern women by analyzing and interpreting representations of gender in Renaissance art and by considering women’s roles as subject, patron, and artist. A special exhibition of Italian Renaissance art on view at the Maier Museum on campus will give us the opportunity to study actual objects that were used by women in Renaissance households, courts, and convents. Credit hours: 4. Prerequisite: 2200-level art history course or permission of the instructor.
- Teacher: Andrea Campbell