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Overview
What you will study
This Art History Course - Michelangelo meets Sinan offered by University of Sydney aims to provide you with alternative readings of the major works of Michelangelo and Sinnan, looking at the allegorical message they convey. Such a comparison reveals a convergence of Renaissance mindset in their artistic works.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- recognise the revisionist and global perspectives of the term ‘Renaissance’
- discuss the major artistic works of the two Renaissance contemporaries: Michelangelo’s Last Judgement and Ottoman imperial architect Sinan’s Iznik tiles in the Mosque of Rustem Pash
- develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of the cultural and artistic convergence of the early modern period between the Ottomans and the Latin West
- critically analyse the art historical symbolisms of the early modern Christian and Islamic aesthetics.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Michelangelo and Sinan – the two Renaissance masters
- The Mediterranean Zeitgeist: contextualising Michelangelo and Sinan
- The technology of the fresco and tile making in the Renaissance
- Michelangelo and Sinan in their own words
- Michelangelo and Sinan: Between Prophet Muhammad’s ‘Mi’raj’ and Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’
- Influence of the story of the ‘Mi’raj’ on Dantean thought
- Michelangelo meets Sinan: Anagogical and Eschatological Readings of the Last Judgement and the Iznik Çini of the Rustem Pasha Mosque
- Aesthetics of Michelangelo and Sinan: Representations of Salvation
- Aesthetics of Michelangelo and Sinan: art as metaphors for self-reflection
- Aesthetics of Michelangelo and Sinan: the act of Judgement
- Aesthetics of Michelangelo and Sinan: Predestination
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Art HistoryAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- CRICOS Number: 0026A
- Anyone interested in extending their knowledge of the global nature of the Renaissance and how cultural interactions contribute to great works of art.
- People of any age with an interest in art.
Tuition Fee
Living costs for Sydney
1882 - 3547 AUD /month
Living costs
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