LEARNING OUTCOMES

The courseof History of Medieval Art aims to provide students with a historical panorama of the arts of Western and Byzantine Europe between the early Christian age and the beginning of the fourteenth century

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course of History of Medieval Art aims to offer a picture of the artistic production in Western and Byzantine Europe between the beginning of the IV and the end of the XIV century (around 313-1400), that is from the age of Constantine up to the international Gothic, with extensive references to the production of other civilizations, such as the Islamic one, which from the 7th century AD they appeared on the Mediterranean scene.

Main objectives of the course are:

to introduce students to the characters, the typical and specific functions of artistic production over the centuries that are defined as "Middle Ages";

to make them understand the role - specific, irreplaceable and in every particular epoch - that this production has played, also as an instrument of communication and symbolic domination, in the single periods and geographical areas indicated above, as well as its relationship with the other aspects of dialectics political, social, cultural, mentality and religious beliefs and practices.

In addition to this knowledge, the course also aims to promote individual methodological skills in students: analyzing and discussing, decoding, the messages conveyed by the work of art; in reading the material characteristics, iconographic and stylistic techniques of the most varied medieval artistic artefacts.

All with the general cultural purpose of bringing each student to understand these artifacts as documents of history and cut and as communication tools of complex and multi-faceted social, political and institutional settings.

PREREQUISITES

Basic notions of Euro-Mediterranean medieval history, history of literature and philosophy are required as prerequisites within the limits set by upper secondary school programs

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons will be held in presence (with compulsory seat reservation by students via the app, due to the limitations on the capacity of the classrooms imposed by the Covid pandemic; for the app: https://cedia.unige.it/sites/ cedia.unige.it/files/pagine/Prenotazione%20del%20posto%20in%20aula%20-20Guida%20allo%20studente_UNIGE.pdf).

To attend the face-to-face lessons it is necessary to have a "Green Pass".

Attendance in presence, if possible, is recommended. Students unable to attend in person can follow the lessons given in the classroom remotely.

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(named STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE 2021/2022)
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the use of powerpoints and projections of images and films is foreseen;

All students (even non-attending students), in order to be constantly informed about lectures, laboratories, educational outings, conferences and other cultural initiatives relevant to the specific training purposes of the Course, MUST enroll in aul@web

Enrollment in Aul@Web is particularly useful in case of emergencies or unforeseen events (postponement of student-receptions or initiatives due to force majeure, for example)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Program for students who use teaching for 6 credits

Early Christian art: monuments and artistic artefacts. Rome, Milan. Ravenna
Lombard art: Pavia, Castelseprio, Cividale
The art of the Carolingian and Ottonian age
Italy and Europe between the 11th and 12th centuries: monasteries, pilgrimages, roads
Architecture, sculpture and city in Italy in the 12th century
Architecture of the thirteenth century between Europe and Italy
Painting of the thirteenth century in Italy
Sculpture in Italy from Frederick II to the early fourteenth century
Painting and sumptuary arts in the Italian artistic centers between the Two and Three hundred: Rome, Assisi, Florence, Siena
Avignon and the "International Gothic"

Program for students who use teaching for 9 cfu

Early Christian art: monuments and artistic artefacts. Rome, Milan. Ravenna
Lombard art: Pavia, Castelseprio, Cividale
The art of the Carolingian and Ottonian age
Italy and Europe between the 11th and 12th centuries: monasteries, pilgrimages, roads
Architecture, sculpture and city in Italy in the 12th century
Architecture of the thirteenth century between Europe and Italy
Painting of the thirteenth century in Italy
Sculpture in Italy from Frederick II to the early fourteenth century
Painting and sumptuary arts in the Italian artistic centers between the Two and Three hundred: Rome, Assisi, Florence, Siena
Avignon and the "International Gothic"
Between Italy and Europe in the early fifteenth century: sumptuary arts, painting, sculpture

Program for students who use teaching for 12 credits

Early Christian art: monuments and artistic artefacts. Rome, Milan. Ravenna
Lombard art: Pavia, Castelseprio, Cividale
The art of the Carolingian and Ottonian age
Italy and Europe between the 11th and 12th centuries: monasteries, pilgrimages, roads
Architecture, sculpture and city in Italy in the 12th century
Architecture of the thirteenth century between Europe and Italy
Painting of the thirteenth century in Italy
Sculpture in Italy from Frederick II to the early fourteenth century
Painting and sumptuary arts in the Italian artistic centers between the Two and Three hundred: Rome, Assisi, Florence, Siena
Avignon and the "International Gothic"
Between Italy and Europe in the early fifteenth century: sumptuary arts, painting, sculpture
Genoa in the 12th-13th century: urban planning, architecture, sculpture

Participation in the course is open to all students enrolled in the course
Laboratory (25 hours, 1 cfu) of "Sculpture and painting of the Middle Ages: reading and attribution. Methods and exercises",
edited by Dr. Aurora Corio.
Schedule, schedule, timetable and classroom will be announced in one of the first lessons

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography for 6 cfu

Antonio PINELLI, Le ragioni della bellezza. 2. Dalla Tarda Antichità a Giotto, Loescher Editore, Torino, 2012 (EDIZIONE ROSSA)

this excellent textbook is not currently in reprint by the publisher; however, it can be purchased online, used or even new. If this is impossible, it can be replaced with one of the two following textbooks :

Elda CERCHIARI, Pierluigi DE VECCHI, Arte nel tempo, Milan, Bompiani, 1991 (and subsequent editions), 1st volume, pp. 240-400; 2nd volume, the whole book

Salvatore SETTIS, Tommaso MONTANARI, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, volume 1 Dalla Preistoria alla Tarda Antichità, only pp. 366-405: volume 2 Dall'Alto Medioevo alla fine del Tredento, the whole book

Bibliography for 9 cfu

FOR ALL  STUDENTS:

Antonio PINELLI, Le ragioni della bellezza. 2. Dalla Tarda Antichità a Giotto, Loescher Editore, Torino, 2012 (EDIZIONE ROSSA)

this excellent textbook is not currently in reprint by the publisher; however, it can be purchased online, used or even new. If this is impossible, it can be replaced with one of the two following textbooks :

Elda CERCHIARI, Pierluigi DE VECCHI, Arte nel tempo, Milan, Bompiani, 1991 (and subsequent editions), 1st volume, pp. 240-400; 2nd volume, the whole book

Salvatore SETTIS, Tommaso MONTANARI, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, volume 1 Dalla Preistoria alla Tarda Antichità, only pp. 366-405: volume 2 Dall'Alto Medioevo alla fine del Tredento, the whole book

ONE from the following three books:

Enrico CASTELNUOVO, Arte delle città, arte delle corti tra XII e XIV secolo, Einaudi (PBE, ns), Torino, Einaudi,  2009;
Carlo TOSCO, L' architettura medievale in Italia 600-1200, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016;
Michele TOMASI, L'arte del Trecento in Europa, Einaudi (PBE Arte 4), Torino, Einaudi, 2012.

Bibliografia per gli studenti che utilizzano l'insegnamento per 12 cfu

FOR ALL STUDENTS:

Antonio PINELLI, Le ragioni della bellezza, 2, Dalla Tarda Antichità a Giotto, Torino, Loescher, 2012 (EDIZIONE ROSSA); integrato (limitatamente all'ultimo argomento del programma) da: Elena CERCHIARI, Pierluigi DE VECCHI, Arte nel tempo, Milano, Bompiani 1991 (e successive edizioni), volume I, secondo tomo.

Antonio PINELLI, Le ragioni della bellezza. 2. Dalla Tarda Antichità a Giotto, Loescher Editore, Torino, 2012 (EDIZIONE ROSSA)

this excellent textbook is not currently in reprint by the publisher; however, it can be purchased online, used or even new. If this is impossible, it can be replaced with one of the two following textbooks :

Elda CERCHIARI, Pierluigi DE VECCHI, Arte nel tempo, Milan, Bompiani, 1991 (and subsequent editions), 1st volume, pp. 240-400; 2nd volume, the whole book

Salvatore SETTIS, Tommaso MONTANARI, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, volume 1 Dalla Preistoria alla Tarda Antichità, only pp. 366-405: volume 2 Dall'Alto Medioevo alla fine del Tredento, the whole book

ONE from the following three books:

Enrico CASTELNUOVO, Arte delle città, arte delle corti tra XII e XIV secolo, Einaudi (PBE, ns), Torino 2009;
Carlo TOSCO, L' architettura medievale in Italia 600-1200, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016;
Michele TOMASI, L'arte del Trecento in Europa, Einaudi (PBE Arte 4), Torino, Einaudi, 2012.

THE FOLLOWING TWO TEXTS

1. Clario DI FABIO, voci Genova; Genova. Architettura; Genova. Scultura, in Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale, VI, Roma 1995, pp. 499 -523 (on line: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/genova_%28Enciclopedia-dell%27-Arte…

2. C. Di Fabio, G. Ameri, F. Girelli, Giovanni Pisano, Art e Dossier, n. 376, Firenze, Giunti, 2020