Michelangelo

Historical and cultural analysis of the works of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The course will cover works in painting, sculpture and architecture as well as the historiography of the artist's work and reputation and contemporary scholarship. Themes treated include artistic training and workshop practice, techniques, centers of production, art markets and consumption, antiquarianism and art collections, patronage, artistic rivalry, spread of knowledge and models, and relationship with the spectator.