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B003352 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART
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Academic Year 2014-15
Coorte 2014 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY OF ARCHAELOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-ART/01 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
30
Teaching Term
22/09/2014 ⇒ 19/12/2014
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Yes
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- Last names A-L DE MARCHI ANDREA
- Last names M-Z TIGLER GUIDO
Teaching Language - Last names A-L
italiano
Course Content - Last names A-L
The fundamentals of History of medieval art, from IVth cent. to XVth cent., with un introduction to different problems of style, iconography and meanings in the historical and architectonical context.
Suggested readings - Last names A-L (Search our library's catalogue)
P.L.De Vecchi - E.Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Milano Bompiani 1991 (ed edizioni
successive), vol. 1/II, pp. 512-651 e vol. 2/I, pp. 1-45 (cap.1, Il gotico internazionale).
G.Cantino Wataghin, Dalla tarda antichità all’arte bizantina, in Lezioni di Storia dell’Arte. Il Mediterraneo dall’antichità alla fine del Medioevo, Milano Skira 2001, pp.153-167.
A.Peroni, L’arte dei re e dei duchi longobardi, degli imperatori carolingi e degli imperatori tedeschi, ibid., pp.173-195.
X.Muratova, L’età delle cattedrali. Il romanico. L’arte dei secoli XI e XII, ibid., pp.201-229.
L.Bellosi, Da Cimabue a Giotto, ibid., pp.295-315.
A.De Marchi, Il gotico internazionale e le ambiguità di un naturalismo enciclopedico e mondano, ibid., pp.321-335.
successive), vol. 1/II, pp. 512-651 e vol. 2/I, pp. 1-45 (cap.1, Il gotico internazionale).
G.Cantino Wataghin, Dalla tarda antichità all’arte bizantina, in Lezioni di Storia dell’Arte. Il Mediterraneo dall’antichità alla fine del Medioevo, Milano Skira 2001, pp.153-167.
A.Peroni, L’arte dei re e dei duchi longobardi, degli imperatori carolingi e degli imperatori tedeschi, ibid., pp.173-195.
X.Muratova, L’età delle cattedrali. Il romanico. L’arte dei secoli XI e XII, ibid., pp.201-229.
L.Bellosi, Da Cimabue a Giotto, ibid., pp.295-315.
A.De Marchi, Il gotico internazionale e le ambiguità di un naturalismo enciclopedico e mondano, ibid., pp.321-335.
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
The purpose is to supply a fundamental knowledge of the topic and problems of the History of medieval art in Italy.
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
A knowledge of basic rudiments of medieval history.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
The class is supported by projection of images of monuments and works of art that are objet of discussion. The class is followed by some visit to church and museum.
Further information - Last names A-L
This course is obligatory for all the students from letter A to letter L. The pictures showed in the class are available as pdf in the e-learning platform, in the University of Florence website. The teacher sees the students any Wednesday between 1pm and 7pm, in his room (via Gino Capponi 9).
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
The examination consist in an oral interrogation. The student must recognize and comment the pictures showed.
Course program - Last names A-L
1. Medieval art between mimesis and abstraction.
2. The rediscovery of the nature, space and expression.
3. The revival of ancient art.
4. The social position of the artist in the Middle Age and the image of the power.
5. Architectural spaces and decoration: the iconographic programs, the decorative systems and the illusionistic value.
6. Technic and style, conservation and restoration.
7. Methodological topic: the material analysis, the context rendering.
8. The crisis of the classical naturalism between late antiquity and early Christian age.
9. Ravenna, the Giustinian age and the genesis of the byzantine art.
10. Le barbarian invasions, the art under the Longobard and the Carolingian renovatio.
11. The rebirth of the 1000th a.C.
12. Romanesque art in Europe and in north Italy.
13. The south Italy and the Sicily under the Normand, XI-XIIth cent.
14. Venice in the XI-XIIIth cent. between East and West.
15. Architecture, Sculpture and Painting in Tuscany in Romanesque age.
16. Genesis and development of the Gothic style in the XIIIth cent. in Europe.
17. From the Federico II court to Nicola Pisano.
18. The Heritage of Nicola: Giovanni Pisano and Arnolfo di Cambio.
19. The painting in the XIIIth cent. and the byzantine influences.
20. Art and Piety: the Depositio Christi and the painted Cross.
21. Form and function in the development of the altarpiece from the dossal to the gothic polyptych.
22. The renovation of the painting from Cimabue to Duccio.
23. The centrality of Assisi and the beginnings of the Giotto revolution.
24. Giotto’s trips and the naissance of local schools of paintings.
25. La painting at Florence in the XIVth cent.
26. The position of Siena and Avignon in the XIVth cent.
27. Venice mundus alter.
28. Courtly art in the North Italy: Scaligeri, Carraresi e Visconti.
29. The international Gothic in Europe.
30. From Gentile da Fabriano to Pisanello.
2. The rediscovery of the nature, space and expression.
3. The revival of ancient art.
4. The social position of the artist in the Middle Age and the image of the power.
5. Architectural spaces and decoration: the iconographic programs, the decorative systems and the illusionistic value.
6. Technic and style, conservation and restoration.
7. Methodological topic: the material analysis, the context rendering.
8. The crisis of the classical naturalism between late antiquity and early Christian age.
9. Ravenna, the Giustinian age and the genesis of the byzantine art.
10. Le barbarian invasions, the art under the Longobard and the Carolingian renovatio.
11. The rebirth of the 1000th a.C.
12. Romanesque art in Europe and in north Italy.
13. The south Italy and the Sicily under the Normand, XI-XIIth cent.
14. Venice in the XI-XIIIth cent. between East and West.
15. Architecture, Sculpture and Painting in Tuscany in Romanesque age.
16. Genesis and development of the Gothic style in the XIIIth cent. in Europe.
17. From the Federico II court to Nicola Pisano.
18. The Heritage of Nicola: Giovanni Pisano and Arnolfo di Cambio.
19. The painting in the XIIIth cent. and the byzantine influences.
20. Art and Piety: the Depositio Christi and the painted Cross.
21. Form and function in the development of the altarpiece from the dossal to the gothic polyptych.
22. The renovation of the painting from Cimabue to Duccio.
23. The centrality of Assisi and the beginnings of the Giotto revolution.
24. Giotto’s trips and the naissance of local schools of paintings.
25. La painting at Florence in the XIVth cent.
26. The position of Siena and Avignon in the XIVth cent.
27. Venice mundus alter.
28. Courtly art in the North Italy: Scaligeri, Carraresi e Visconti.
29. The international Gothic in Europe.
30. From Gentile da Fabriano to Pisanello.