Crosscurrents: Giotto, Dante and Trecento Music
Fridays, 12:00-1:30 pm ET | April 10-June 26
The early 1300s were a bustle of artistic activity in Italy. Dante was busy helping to invent Italian literature; Giotto was helping to initiate the movement we now know as the Renaissance; and Marchetto da Padova was inventing the modern system of musical notation. In this hybrid course, we'll explore music, art, and literature all at once - reading Dante's Vita Nova, looking at Giotto's great frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel, and listening to important works of music by Marchetto and others.
Reading load: a few pages/week
Seminar Leader: Jeff Johnston