International Teaching | MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE ART
International Teaching MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE ART
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cod. 0312800066
MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE ART
| 0312800066 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
| EQF6 | |
| CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES | |
| 2025/2026 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ART/01 | 9 | 45 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE AIM OF THIS MODULE IS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE ART. TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED INCLUDE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, EXTANT BUILDINGS AND THEIR DECORATION, AND ARTEFACTS RELATED TO RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR PRACTICES, AS WELL AS TO EVERYDAY LIFE. THE MODULE WILL COVER THE PERIOD FROM THE AGE OF CONSTANTINE I AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERED EXTENDS FROM ITALY, NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE BRITISH ISLES, THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, AND NORTH AFRICA. ISSUES THAT WILL BE EXPLORED INCLUDE CRAFTSMANSHIP IN MONASTIC, COURTLY, AND CIVIC CONTEXTS; MATERIALITY, AUTHORSHIP, AND ARTISTIC PATRONAGE; CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND ITS ‘AFTERLIFE’; PUBLIC CULTS, PRIVATE DEVOTION, AND RITES IN CHRISTIANITY; DEATH AND THE MEDIEVAL CULTURE OF MEMORY. WHERE THEY EXIST, THE READING OF CONTEMPORARY WRITTEN SOURCES WILL BE ENCOURAGED IN ORDER TO BETTER CONTEXTUALISE THE VALUE OF ARTISTIC ARTEFACTS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF BROADER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES. AT THE END OF THE MODULE, STUDENTS: • WILL HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE MAIN MONUMENTS OF EARLY MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE ART. • WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE MATERIAL, TECHNICAL AND STYLISTIC ATTRIBUTES OF WORKS OF ART WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXTS. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| THIS MODULE PRESUPPOSES A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN MONUMENTS OF ART AND CULTURE OF THE LATE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN, ENCOUNTERED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE COURSE OF STUDY (COURSE “INTRODUCTION TO MUSEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART”). SINCE THE MODULE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, A KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE OF AT LEAST LEVEL B2 IS REQUIRED. |
| Contents | |
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| THE MODULE HAS 40 HOURS OF IN-CLASSROOM TEACHING AND 5 HOURS OF ON-SITE TEACHING. THE MAIN TOPICS COVERED ARE: •CHRISTIAN ART (C.300–400) •CONSTANTINOPLE, FROM CONSTANTINE TO THEODOSIUS •CHRISTIAN CENTRES: CONSTANTINOPLE, SINAI, JERUSALEM •CHRISTIAN CENTRES: MILAN, RAVENNA, PORE, THESSALONIKI •LONGOBARDS IN ITALY: COURTS AND MONASTERIES •ROME BETWEEN THE LOMBARDS AND THE CAROLINGIANS •BYZANTINE ART BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER ICONOCLASM •THE ‘MACEDONIAN RENAISSANCE’ IN BYZANTIUM (C.867–1054) •THE OTTONIAN PERIOD IN GERMANIA (C.950–1150) •THE OTTONIAN PERIOD IN ITALY (C.950–1150) •MONTECASSINO AND THE GREGORIAN REFORM •THE NORMANS IN NORMANDY, ENGLAND, AND SOUTHERN ITALY •THE ARTS NORTH OF THE ALPS, C.1100–1200 •VENICE AND ROME IN THE 1200S •THE HOHENSTAUFEN AND THE CISTERCIANS IN ITALY •ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE BETWEEN THE 1200S–1300S •ITALIAN PAINTING BETWEEN THE 1200S–1300S •BYZANTINE ART AT THE TIME OF THE KOMNENIAN DYNASTY (C.1081¬–1204) AND THE LATIN EMPIRE (1204–61) •EUROPEAN ARTS, C.1300 |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE MODULE HAS TEACHER-CENTRED ACTIVITIES OR ADF (45 HOURS) WHICH WILL BE HELD MAINLY IN THE CLASSROOM (40 HOURS) AND TO A SMALL EXTENT ON SITE (5 HOURS). LECTURES WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS. ON-SITE VISITS WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH READINGS PROVIDED BEFORE THE VISIT (IN PDF). IN THE LAST WEEKS OF THE MODULE, THERE WILL ALSO BE A COLLECTIVE READING OF TEXTS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY TO HELP STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE FINAL EXAM WILL CONSIST OF A 45-MINUTE, MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST AND DISCUSSION OF THE ANSWERS. |
| Texts | |
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| R. CORMACK, BYZANTINE ART, OXFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2018, PP. 105–86 (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE UNISA) C. DAVIS-WEYER, EARLY MEDIEVAL ART, 300-1150: SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., 1971, I SEGUENTI PASSI DA FONTI SCRITTE, DI CIRCA UNA PAGINA CIASCUNO (IN ACQUISTO PER LA BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE UNISA, OPPURE CONSULTABILE LIBERAMENTE SU ARCHIVE.ORG): •TERTULLIAN ON IDOLS •CONSTANTINE’S GIFTS TO ST PETER’S •PRUDENTIUS: INSCRIPTIONS •GREGORY THE GREAT •AMALASUNTHA TO JUSTINIAN •SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS TO HESPERIUS •ST ELOY OF NOYON •BENEDICT BISCOP •EINHARD; LEO III’S LATERAN PALACE •ANGILBERT’S CENTULA •THE CAROLINE BOOKS •THANGMAR ON BERNWARD •RAOUL GLABER •CLUNY •LEO OF OSTIA ON MONTECASSINO •ST BERNARD TO WILLIAM OF ST THIERRY •THEOPHILUS: THE DECORATION •THEOPHILUS: THE ARTIST’S MISSION RICHARD KRAUTHEIMER, “INTRODUCTION TO AN ICONOGRAPHY OF MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE,” JOURNAL OF THE WARBURG AND COURTAULD INSTITUTES, VOL. 5 (1942), PP. 1-33 (VERRÀ FORNITO IL PDF). E.R. HOFFMAN, ED., LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL ART OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2007, I CAPITOLI (VERRÀ FORNITO IL PDF): •GOOD AND BAD IMAGES FROM THE SYNAGOGUE OF DURA EUROPOS: ANNABEL JANE WHARTON. •THE BEGINNINGS OF BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATION: JOHN LOWDEN. •SACRED IMAGE, SACRED POWER: GARY VIKAN. •THE CUP OF SAN MARCO AND THE “CLASSICAL” IN BYZANTIUM: IOLI KALAVREZOU. •THE MEDIEVAL OBJECT-ENIGMA, AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CAPPELLA PALATINA IN PALERMO: WILLIAM TRONZO. H. BELTING, ‘THE "BYZANTINE" MADONNAS: NEW FACTS ABOUT THEIR ITALIAN ORIGIN AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON DUCCIO’, STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ART 12 (1982), PP. 7-22 (JSTOR / PDF). B. CASSIDY, ‘ARTISTS AND DIPLOMACY IN LATE MEDIEVAL TUSCANY: THE CASE OF GIOTTO, SIMONE MARTINI, ANDREA PISANO, AND OTHERS’, GESTA 51.2 (SEPTEMBER 2012), PP. 91-110 (JSTOR / PDF). |
| More Information | |
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| THE MODULE WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE FIRST SEMESTER (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER). |
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