HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART - ADVANCED COURSE

The course aims to offer an in-depth knowledge of artistic contexts, of the specificity of languages, iconography, techniques and stylistic problems, as well as of textual sources relating to medieval Italian and European production.
A first study will be devoted to Italian architectural production from the early Middle Ages to the beginnings of the Gothic, with particular reference to the Romanesque in its regional variations and to Sicily.
A second study will be dedicated to the plastic production made in Sicily from the moment of the Norman conquest of the island and throughout the age of the kingdom.
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context;
2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;
3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;
4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;
5) ability to carry out research autonomously.

1. Contexts, functions, iconography and sources of medieval art.

2. Italian medieval construction sites (7^th – 12^th century).

3. Sculpture in Norman Sicily.

1.

- L’Arte medievale nel contesto. 300-1300. Funzioni, iconografia, tecniche, dir. di P. Piva, Jaca Book, Milano 2006, 450 pages.

 

- F. Stella, Il testo dell’immagine. Fonti letterarie per lo studio dell’arte medievale, Le Monnier Università (Mondadori), Milano 2021, 466 pages.

 

The student will study a selection of essays and chapters of his choice from both books, equal to 3 CFU (450 total pages).

 

2.

- C. Tosco, L’architettura medievale in Italia. 600-1200, Società Editrice Il Mulino, Bologna 2016, pp. 1-323.

 

3.

- F. Gandolfo, La scultura nella Sicilia normanna, voll. I-II, Edizioni Tored, Tivoli 2019, 573 pages.

 

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.