Art History 201 November 4, 2009

Art History 201
Masterpieces of World Art: The Renaissance
Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History and Director of the Pforzheimer Honors College, Pace University.

This series offers insight into the masterpieces of architecture, sculpture, and painting created from prehistory to our own day. This fall the lecturer studies the period from about 1400 to 1600, comparing the art of the Renaissance in Western Europe with contemporaneous achievements throughout the world.

This week’s topic:

Venice: Titian to Palladio; Mosques in Turkey; Temples in Japan; Porcelain in China

This series is supported by the Mrs. Joseph H. King Fund.

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