HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

CA108

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

History of Mediaeval Art

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

D'ALBERTO CLAUDIA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

216

Prerequisites:

It is recommended that students have already attended the Medieval History course.

Objectives

Acquire a historical, stylistic and iconological knowledge of medieval art in Italy and Europe.
- - Identify and apply the main methodological instruments needed to write a historical and artistic research essay based primarily on a stylistic, iconographical and iconological analysis of an art work and the political-religious context in which it was produced.
Acquire and apply the principle scientific instruments in order to produce a clear, precise and succinct oral presentation of a theme relating to medieval art in Italy and Europe.

Contents

• Transition from the Late Antiquity art to a new figurative language in the Middle Ages.
• Byzantine art and the West
• The relationship between the Papacy and the Empire
• The High Middle Age and the invasions of the wandering peoples
• The Longobards in Italy
• Renascences during the Middle Ages
• Carolingian and ottonian architecture and art
• Romanesque architecture and art
• Gothic architecture and art in Europe and Italy
• Giotto and the new language of the painting
• The 14th Century
• The Late Gothic

Extended Syllabus

- The course intends to teach the student the fundamental historical, stylistic and iconological knowledge of medieval art in Italy and Europe. For that we analyse some framing and/or methodological themes of medieval art (for example periodization; historical geography; relationship with the Classical Ancient; - Renascences during the Middle Ages; - Byzantine art and the West; the different levels of analysis of a work etc). At the same time we deal (also through seminars) with some key moments in the development of the history of medieval art in Italy and in Europe (- Transition from the Late Antique art to a new figurative language in the Middle Ages; The High Middle Age and the invasions of the wandering people; The Longobards in Italy; carolingian and ottonian architecture and art; Romanesque architecture and art; Gothic architecture and art in Europe and Italy; Giotto and the new language of the painting; The 14th Century; The Late Gothic.

Recommended Bibliography

- C. Bertelli, Invito all’arte, con P. Cova, E. Daffra, S. Nicolini, Bruno Mondadori, ed. azzurra, vol. I (unit 7 only: the Late Antiquity), vol. II, Milano-Torino, Pearson Italia 2017.
- The following essays from the volume of A. M. Romanini, L’arte medievale in Italia, Firenze: Sansoni, 1996:
Tardo Antico e Cristianesimo pp. 11-48;
• La Caduta dell’Impero, pp. 77-114; pp. 150-157;
• I Longobardi in Italia, pp. 161-185;
• Dal Sacro romano Impero all’arte ottoniana pp. 217-236;
• Arte romanica, pp. 269-284; 290-2999; 330-341;
• L’età gotica: 361-372; 416-428;
• Il dolce stil novo del gotico italiano: 431-473.

A. Tomei, Giotto, in Enciclopedia dell'arte medievale, vol.VI, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana, fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Roma 1996. The encyclopedic entry must be studied together with the Art Dossier on Giotto
1) A. Tomei, Giotto. L'architettura, Firenze: Giunti, 1998 and later editions.
2) A. Tomei, Giotto. La pittura, Firenze: Giunti, 1997 and later editions.

(The essays from the book A. M. Romanini, L’arte medievale.; Giotto's entry and the related Art Dossiers will be provided in digital version on the Teams platform).
Furthermore, the reading of a text chosen from the following (other bibliographic indications will be provided to lesson) is required:
[N.B.: * Non -attending students will bring two volumes among these indicated by your choice;
N.B.: * For the 6 CFU examination you can not prepare the study of the optional volume indicated here]

- Alessio Monciatti, L’arte nel Duecento, Torino 2013
- M. Tomasi, L'arte del Trecento in Europa, Torino 2012
- S. Romano, La O di Giotto, Milano 2008
- E. Panofsky, Rinascimento e rinascenze nell'arte occidentale, ed. it. Milano 1971 and later editions
- J. Von Schlosser-Magnino, L'arte del Medioevo, ed. it. Torino 1989 and later editions
- A. Paravicini Bagliani, Le Chiavi e la Tiara. Immagini e simboli del papato medievale, Roma 2005.
- C. D'Alberto, Roma al tempo di Avignone. Sculture nel contesto, «Saggi di Storia dell’Arte», Roma 2013.

Teaching Methods

Frontal lectures, written tests, visits of monumental sites and museums

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam with marks out of 30, aimed at verifying the ability to expose the topics presented during the course and then elaborated also through written essays with clarity and autonomy of judgment.

Contacts/More Information

During the lessons some recommended readings will be indicated and the topicality of the profession of the art historian (in particular medievalist) will be outlined in the context of institutions dedicated to cultural heritage, in cinema and in institutions dealing with digital media.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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