STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE CORSO AVANZATO

The course aims to offer an in-depth knowledge of the artistic contexts, the specificity of the languages, times, iconography, techniques and stylistic problems relating to medieval Italian and European production, with reference also to the narrative systems and the use of iconographic models of some important Italian narrative cycles of mural painting (11^th-13^th century).

A first study will be dedicated to Italian architectural production from the early Middle Ages to the end of 12^th century, with particular reference to the Romanesque in its regional declinations and to Sicily in the Norman era.

A second study will be dedicated to the architectural and plastic production of Sicily immediately after the Norman conquest of the island up to the foundation of the kingdom (11^th-12^th century), with reference to the Latin context and the medieval cathedral of Catania.

At the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding skills that integrate, extend and reinforce those associated with the first cycle and allow them to develop and apply original ideas, often in a research context, to communicate their conclusions and acquired knowledge and to study in a self-directed or autonomous way.

1. Times, contexts, functions and narrative cycles in medieval art (4 cfu).

2. Italian medieval construction sites of the 10^th-12^th century (2 cfu).

3. Art in Latin Norman Sicily in the county age. The cathedral of Catania (3 cfu).

1.

- E. Castelnuovo, G. Sergi (ed.), Arti e storia nel Medioevo, vol.  I, Tempi, spazi, istituzioni, Torino 2002, pages 733.

- P. Piva (ed.), L’Arte medievale nel contesto. 300-1300. Funzioni, iconografia, tecniche, Jaca Book, Milano 2006 (and subsequent reprints), pages 450.

- M. Angheben (ed.), Les stratégies de la narration dans la peinture médiévale. La représentation de l’Ancien Testament aux IV^e-XII^e siècles, Brepols, Turnhout 2020, (articles of : M. Angheben, p. 9-24 ; S. Romano p. 127-141 ; I. Quadri, p. 143-167 ; M. Rossi, p. 169-194 ; F. Scirea, p. 195-221 ; G. Arcidiacono, p. 317-343 ; T. Bella, p. 345-372 ; H. Kessler, p. 373-402).

 

Each student will study a selection of chapters or of articles of their choice from one or more of the books listed in module 1, equal to 4 cfu (600 pages in total).

 

2.

- C. Tosco, L’architettura medievale in Italia. 600-1200, Società Editrice Il Mulino, Bologna 2016, p. 35-323.

 

3.

- C.D. Fonseca, «Catedra pontificatus» e potere politico: il ruolo delle Cattedrali nel quadro degli assetti istituzionali del Mezzogiorno d’Italia, in G. Zito (ed.), Chiesa e società in Sicilia, l’età normanna, SEI, Torino 1995, p. 11-20.

- S. Fodale, Fondazione e rifondazioni episcopali da Ruggero I a Gugliemo II, in G. Zito (ed.), Chiesa e società in Sicilia, l’età normanna, SEI, Torino 1995, p. 51-61.

- F. Gandolfo, Le cattedrali siciliane, in A.C. Quintavalle (ed.), Medioevo: l’Europa delle cattedrali, Electa, Milano 2007, p. 191-207.

- F. Gandolfo, La scultura nella Sicilia normanna, vol. 1, Edizioni Tored, Tivoli 2019, p. 13-43.

- M. Tabanelli, Architettura sacra in Calabria e Sicilia nell’età della Contea normanna, De Luca Editori d’Arte, Roma 2019, p. 9-46, 55-98, 161-168.

- M. Tabanelli, Le cattedrali del conte Ruggero: pluralità e dialettica nell’architettura sacra tra Calabria e Sicilia, in M. Tabanelli, A. Tranchina (ed.), Calabria greca Calabria latina. Segni monumentali di una coesistenza (secoli XI-XII), Campisano Editore, Roma 2020, p. 113-132;

- T. Bella, The cathedral of Catania and the creation of the Norman County of Sicily. Transregional and transalpine models in the architecture of the late 11^th century, in J. McNeill, R. Plant (ed.), The Regional and Transregional in Romanesque Europe, British Archaeological Association, London – New York 2021, p. 157-169.

- F. Liguanti, Le cripte nelle cattedrali siciliane di Ruggero I d’Altavilla. Origini, ruolo e rispondenze architettoniche, in «Studi e Ricerche di Storia dell’Architettura», VI/11 (2022), p. 90-103.

- F. Linguanti, Le recenti acquisizioni sulla cattedrale di Troina e lo schema a navata unica nella Contea normanna di Sicilia: un modello per la conquista?, in «ABside. Rivista di Storia dell’Arte», 4 (2022), p. 95-110.

- T. Bella, La cattedrale medievale di Catania. Un cantiere normanno nella contea di Sicilia, FrancoAngeli (“Culture artistiche del Medioevo”, 3), Milano 2023, p. 9-98, 237-320 (reference images p. 369-440).

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.