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May 2025 Modules

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Art History – A Thousand Stories: Italian Renaissance
Cluster  Launchpad

As soon as we obtain enough interest in this class we will be in touch to work out a meeting time that works for the group. Thank you for keeping your Blackberry availability up to date!
In this particilar module of the series Art History - A Thousand Stories , we will talk and discuss Italian Renaissance. We will overview the context focusing on the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, and Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The module will follow an 8-session structure as shown below:
Outline 8-Session Structure
Week 1 Session 1: Introduction to Italian Renaissance: from the Middle Ages to Humanism and the importance of Giotto
Session 2: Il Quattrocento: Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli
Week 2 Session 3: Leonardo da Vinci – Part 1
Session 4: Leonardo da Vinci – Part 2
Week 3 Session 5: Il Cinquecento: Raphael Sanzio – Part 1
Session 6: Raphael Sanzio – Part 2
Week 4 Session 7: Michelangelo Buonarroti – Part 1
Session 8: Michelangelo Buonarroti – Part 2
Precepted by Pilar Barrera

The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Mature Years 2 (Volume 2: The Years 1919-1931)
(Section 1)
 Candidate  Hybrid

We’re currently reviewing the schedule for this class at the moment. We will update it here once resolved. Thanks!
The details for our study through Volume 2 of Hammond and Scull's magisterial “Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien" will be announced in Fall 2024 or early 2025.
Precepted by Dr. Sara Brown (Lecturer) and Patrick Lyon (Section 1)
with guests Dr. Corey Olsen and James Tauber
If you have any questions about the SPACE program, please reach out to [email protected].