Renaissance Rivals
Dr. Madeline Rislow, Department of Media, Art & Design and
Curator/Sr. Manager of Learning & Engagement, The National Museum of Toys & Miniatures
Tuesdays, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
March 24 & 31 and April 7 & 14
UMKC Administrative Center, Brookside Room
$50 ($70 with parking permit)
This 4-session course will examine late Italian Renaissance art framed by the rivalry among Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Michelangelo (1475-1564), Raphael (1483-1520), and Titian (c. 1485/90-1576). Each session will focus on one of these four artists and their artworks that can still be seen today in Florence, Rome, and Venice, as well as in major art museum collections around the world. Utilizing primary sources, like Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550, 1568), as well as poems and letters written by the artists themselves, we will explore how their competitive natures and egos led them to be the most successful artists of their time. We will consider a variety of issues including technique, stylistic change, and patronage, as we learn about these artists and this intense period of artistic change in Italy.
