This course will investigate the intersections between Italian Literature and Visual Arts in the 16th and 17th centuries, with particular reference to the works of the following artists and writers: Vasari, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Giordano Bruno, Raffaello, Castiglione, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benvenuto Cellini, Boccaccio, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Marino, etc.