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HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL ART I

[Italiano] AF: 132274 AR: 65226
Official course title STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE I
Academic Year 2011/2012
Course code FT0233
University credits 6
Subdivision Full Time
Degree level First Cycle Degree M.D.270
Educational sector code L-ART/01
Semester/trimester 3° Periodo

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Contents

Educational Goals

During the lessons the course will be divided into five groups that will develop the most important art works and artists: Early Christian, Roman-barbarian reigns, Carolingian and Othonian, Romanic and Gothic.

Requirements

None

Contents

The course will cover the origin of the early Christian art and its development in the centuries of the middle age, with particular respect to the situation of Italy.

Recommended Reading List

Handouts:
L’arte e la storia dell’arte, a cura di Rita Scrimieri, Minerva Italica, Milano, 2002, vol. Ia, chapters 17, 18, 19, pp.244-305; vol. I b, all;

or

Arte nel tempo, a cura di P. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Bompiani, Milano, 1995, vol. 1, I tomo, chapters IV, V (pp. 240-299); II tomo, all.


Si consiglia inoltre la consultazione di testi di supporto alla preparazione dell'esame:
1) Un dizionario di termini artistici
(ad esempio: L. Grassi, M. Pepe, Dizionario dei termini artistici, Milano 1994)
2) Un manuale sulle tecniche artistiche
(ad esempio: Le tecniche artistiche, a cura di C. Maltese, Milano 1981; Arti e tecniche del Medioevo, a cura di F. Crivello, Torino 2006)

Assessment

written

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Teaching Language

Italian

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Last update: 08/02/2012