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HART320 Villas and Gardens of the Italian Renaissance 3 cr.


An investigation of the architecture of leisure in Renaissance Italy, from the early Humanist villas of the powerful Medici family to the farm-villa complexes designed by Palladio in the sixteenth century. Gardens and villas are considered in their role as purveyors of the economic, social and political power of the elite, and in relation to ancient literary and archeological sources and Renaissance design theory.

Prerequisites: HART100

Lecture/Seminar

All College Elective