MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHY AND ICONOLOGY

The course is scheduled among the fundamental art-historical disciplines in the Master’s Degree Programme in History of Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage, curriculum in Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Study of medieval Iconographic themes in their social context, both religious and secular.

Better if students have a basic knowledge on Medieval Art History.

Iconographic Concepts, Categories of Images, Public and Private Programs, Romanesque and Gothic Iconographical Contexts, Religious and Secular Iconography, Monographic studies on Church Façades, Mosaic pavements, Mural Paintings, Genre Iconography. Particular attention will be dedicated to the Study of Bayeux Embroidery.

General Writings:
X. Barral i Altet, Contro l’arte romanica? Saggio su un passato reinventato, Milano, Jaca Book, 2009.
Enciclopedia dell’arte medievale.
Dictionnaire critique d’iconographie occidentale (2003).

Particular Readings:
J. Le Goff, Eroi e meraviglie del Medioevo, Bari, Laterza, 2005.
J. Huizinga, Autunno del Medioevo, con introduzione di Eugenio Garin, Milano, Bur Rizzoli, 2009 (VIII ed.).

Specific Readings if necessary:
H. Belting, Il culto delle immagini. Storia dell’icona dall’età imperiale al tardo medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2001; Y. Christe (a cura di), Il giudizio universale nell’arte del Medioevo, Milano, Jaca Book, 2000; A. Grabar, Le vie della creazione nell’iconografia cristiana. Antichità e Medioevo, Milano, Jaca Book, diverse edizioni dal 1983; E. Mâle, Le origini del gotico. L’iconografia medioevale e le sue fonti, Milano, Jaca Book, 1986; S. Settis, Iconografia dell'arte italiana 1100-1500: una linea, Torino, Einaudi, 2005.

Oral exam

Collectif courses and specific seminars.

Italian

Better to be present at the lectures but to solve personal difficulties, please contact the professor.

Oral