These lectures took place in October and November 2007. Four of the lectures are available here. We are very grateful to Peter Howarth for his help with filming these lectures.

Stephen Milner (University of Manchester): "The City as a Work of Art: Making and Meaning in the Italian Renaissance" (24th October)

Drawing on modern and post-modern theorists such as Benjamin and Foucault, Stephen Milner discusses the significance of various ways of experiencing urban life in the Italian Renaissance city.

High resolution: mms://iss-video/smlc/italian/milner_high.wmv

Low resolution: mms://iss-video/smlc/italian/milner_low.wmv

Matthew Treherne (University of Leeds): "Duccio and the Flowering of Sienese Art" (31st October)

Matthew Treherne offers an introduction to the work of Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena's most celebrated artist, focusing in particular on his Maestà, widely considered to be his masterpiece.

High resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/treherne_high.wmv

Low resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/treherne_low.wmv

Richard Andrews (University of Leeds): "Theatre in Renaissance Siena" (21st November)

Richard Andrews discusses the often ground-breaking developments in theatre in Renaissance Siena, and performs extracts from some of the plays discussed.

High resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/andrews_high.wmv

Low resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/andrews_low.wmv

Philippa Jackson (Birkbeck, University of London): "Art, Power and Patronage in Renaissance Siena" (28th November)

Philippa Jackson discusses the ways in which Pandolfo Petrucci employed art as a way of reinforcing power in sixteenth-century Siena.

High resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/jackson_high.wmv

Low resolution: mms://iss-video.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/italian/jackson_low.wmv