Free Course: An Introduction to the Art of the Italian Renaissance

In 43 lec­tures, Dr. Vida Hull offers an intro­duc­tion to the art of the Ital­ian Renais­sance. Packed with slides of great paint­ings, the lec­tures (all stream­able above or avail­able indi­vid­u­al­ly here), cov­er painters like Masac­cio and Bot­ti­cel­li, Tit­ian, da Vin­ci, Raphael, Michelan­ge­lo and more. Hull, who taught the course at East Ten­nessee State, earned her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr Col­lege. Her course has been added to the Art His­to­ry sec­tion of our col­lec­tion, 1,700 Free Online Cours­es from Top Uni­ver­si­ties.

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