Description: Study of Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture, with emphasis on the fourteenth through the early sixteenth century, including such artists as Cimabue, Giotto, Donatello, and Botticelli. For each lecture, Graduate Students will be assigned additional readings. They will write an annotated bibliography of all these readings to be turned in at the end of the semester. We will meet for an additional every two or three weeks to discuss interpretive and methodological problems and ideas associated with the readings. Graduate students will be expected to complete all the requirements of the class in addition to writing a substantial research paper due at the end of the semester. Cross-list: HART 341. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 541 if student has credit for HART 341.