History 24, Section 4
Michelangelo's World (P/NP)
Professor Thomas James Dandelet
Tuesday 3:00-4:00, 2227 Dwinelle Hall, CCN: 39114This seminar will focus on fifteen images from the work of Michelangelo from the late fifteenth century to the mid sixteenth century. Each week we will be pairing an image and a text from the period in order to reflect on the ideas and society that animated Michelangelo and nurtured his work. This includes both the world of high Renaissance Florence and the world of high Renaissance Rome. We will be considering what life was like in the Florence of Lorenzo de Medici, "The Magnificent" and in the world of papal Rome. Works of Michelangelo that we will be using as food for thought include sculptures like the David, the paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and buildings such as St. Peter's basilica and the Capitoline Hill.
Thomas Dandelet is an associate professor of history. He focuses on the Mediterranean world in the Renaissance and Baroque periods with a particular interest in the culture, politics, and society of Italy and Spain. His publications include the book Spanish Rome: 1500-1700 , published in 2001.
