52-2701LDM Florence and the Victorian Imagination

In this class, we will explore the art and architecture of Florence through the eyes of Victorian poets (Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning) and art critics (John Ruskin and Walter Pater). We’ll see first-hand the beauty of the city’s churches and museums and public spaces, and we will learn a great deal about the history of Florence and its artistic achievements, from the Late Gothic to the Renaissance to the early Baroque. But by exploring the Victorians’ poetic and critical constructions of the city, its political and religious history and art, we’ll also learn a great deal about the Victorians themselves, their cultural values and social and historical conditions.

3 Credits
WI GA
Requisites WRII