MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF ART

Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: GIULIA ARCIDIACONO

Course Structure

Lecture format

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is not compulsory

Detailed Course Content

1. History of medieval art from the 5th to the 11th century (1 cfu – prof.ssa Arcidiacono)

2. The Romanesque in Europe and Italy and the origins of the Gothic (2 cfu – prof. Bella)

3. Cistercian abbeys in Italy (1 cfu – prof. Bella)

4. Art in Italy from the 13th century to the mid-15th century (3 cfu – prof.ssa Arcidiacono)

5. Sicilian artistic culture in the Swabian age (2 cfu – prof.ssa Arcidiacono)

Textbook Information

1.

- P. De Vecchi – E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano 1998 (o successive ristampe): volume I, tomo I, pp. 272-299; volume I, tomo II, pp. 302-382.

 

2.

- P. De Vecchi – E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano 1998 (o successive ristampe): volume I, tomo II, pp. 383-525.

 

3.

- C. Tosco, Andare per le abbazie cistercensi, Società Editrice il Mulino, Bologna 2017, pp. 1-155.

 

4.

- P. De Vecchi – E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano 1998 (o successive ristampe): volume I, tomo II, pp. 526-651; volume II, tomo I, pp. 2-216.

 

5.

A. Iacobini, Tra Sicilia e Terra Santa: le pitture murali della Cappella del Castello di Paternò, in “Arte medievale”, IV serie, X, 2020, pp. 33-65.

 

M. Bares, Il castello Maniace di Siracusa. Stereotomia e tecniche costruttive nell’architettura del Mediterraneo, Siracusa, LapiS Editore, 2011, pp. 15-87.

  

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