This course explores the history of Florentine sculpture between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a particular emphasis on materiality, the symbolic significance of artistic media, and the processes of commissioning and execution. Grounded in current methodological approaches, the course draws from scholarly traditions that emphasize the objecthood of art and examine the relationship between stylistic choices and technological constraints.
4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: WAY-A-II
This course explores the history of Florentine sculpture between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a particular emphasis on materiality, the symbolic significance of artistic media, and the processes of commissioning and execution. Grounded in current methodological approaches, the course draws from scholarly traditions that emphasize the objecthood of art and examine the relationship between stylistic choices and technological constraints.
Offered in Autumn 2025 at Stanford University.