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Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance

Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance

Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance

No era of artistic achievement is as renowned as the Renaissance, and no country holds a higher place in it than Italy. In this course you experience supreme artworks created in Florence, Rome, Venice, and other Italian cities by such masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian—unequaled masterpieces that established a canon of beauty that pervades Western culture to this day. Independent art historian, scholar, and curator William Kloss is your guide through this visual feast in an artist-centered survey that explores hundreds of different paintings and sculptures.

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