**Satisfies COAS Intensive Writing and also requires registration in
COAS W333**

M234/A234 is listed jointly by Italian and Art History.  It is also
cross-listed with Comparative Literature as C355 (see special
assignment in last paragraph).  It is team taught by Julia Bondanella,
Italian, and Bruce Cole, History of Art.  M234/A234 is approved for
Culture Studies credit by COAS).
	
	Home to some of the most outstanding artists, writers, and
theorists the world has known, Renaissance Italy, with its ancient
memories of Roman greatness, gave birth to one of the world's greatest
cultural revolutions.  The contributions of the city of Florence were
crucial to that revolution: its robust and exuberant vision of human
life is shaped by the Florentine spirit.  Come join us for an
exploration of Florence, one of the world's great cities.  We will
take you on a walking tour of the city, using aerial photographs and
slides to show you her greatest monuments in art and architecture.  We
will introduce you to some of Florence's most famous citizens: find
out why Vasari called this period the "rebirth"; why Boccaccio's
Decameron was kept locked up in many libraries in the last century;
why Michaelangelo wore dogskin boots; why Machiavelli, undeserving of
the reputation of a "Machiavellian",  is sometimes called the first
political scientist; why Petrarch's love of gardening and mountain
climbing was controversial in his times; why modern songwriters still
depict love in terms of "fire" and "burning"; how Florence was able to
bankroll the Hundred Years War between France and England; why
Boccaccio wrote a story about Giotto; why Cellini told the Pope that
artists such as himself are above the law; why they painted fig leaves
on figures in Michaelangelo's Last Judgement; who inspired
Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well; why Boccaccio says "a sin
that's hidden is half forgiven".   This course surveys Florentine
culture of the Renaissance (1300-1530), including artists and writers,
such as Giotto, Boccaccio, Masaccio, Donatello, Lorenzo de' Medici,
Leonardo da Vinci, Leon Battista Alberti, Machiavelli, Michaelangelo,
Vasari, and Benevenuto Cellini.  There are opportunities for class
participation, and there will be three (3) exams.  Students enrolling
in Comparative Literature C355 will be required to complete one
additional writing assignment–a comparative essay of three  to five
(3--5) pages.   For more information, contact the instructors: Julia
Bondanella (Italian, 5-3554or bondane@indiana.edu) and Bruce Cole (Art
History, 5-9556 or coleb@indiana.edu).