HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

CA108

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

History of Mediaeval Art

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TOMEI Alessandro

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

216

Prerequisites:

None

Objectives

Acquisition of the basic knowledges about the medieval art in Europe and Italy

Contents

Historical contextualization and stylistic specificity of the European and Italian art in the Middle Ages

Extended Syllabus

Topics:
- Transition from the Late Antique art to a new figurative language.
- Byzantine art and the West
- The High Middle Age and the invasions of the wandering peoples
- The Longobards in Italy
- Medieval renascenses
- Carolingian and ottonian architecture and art
- Romanesque architecture and art
- Gothic architecture and art in Europe and Italy
- Giotto and the new language of the painting
- The 14th Centuty
- The Late Gothic

Recommended Bibliography

- A. Pinelli, Le ragioni della bellezza, Loescher Editore, voll. 1 e 2 (dal tardoantico al Gotico internazionale compreso)
- Alessandro TOMEI, voce Giotto, in Enciclopedia dell'arte medievale, vol. VI, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana, fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Roma 1996 8disponibile on-line)
- M. Tomasi, L'arte del Trecento in Europa, Einaudi, Torino 2012

Teaching Methods

Frontal lectures, written tests, visits of monumental sites and museums

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Spoken exam

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Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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