Learning objectives
The course aims to provide tools of analysis, knowledge, and ability to recognize stylistic and philological works of art. Topics and peculiar aspects of specific emergencies will be explored during the course in order to provide the tools to move from a particular case study to a more general framework and viceversa. Moreover, great importance will be given to methods of analysis and construction of critical debate. Besides the course will gradually deepen, through seminar discussions, the readings provided during the regular course with the aim to improve student’s ability to learn and to expose.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course will focus on the religious and secular architecture of the 11th and 12th century with particular attention in the Po Valley but also in North Italy . Religious buildings Emilia will be firstly examined: the cathedral of Piacenza, Bobbio, Fidenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, Ferrara, Mantova, Bergamo, Como, Novara, Verona, Cremona, the abbey church of San Benedetto Po, Nonantola, Fontevivo, Chiaravalle della Colomba, San Mercuriale in Forlì, the churches of Vigolo Marchese, Castell’Arquato, san Michele in Pavia, San Savino and sant’Eufemia in Piacenza, the Sacra of san Michela in the Susa Valley and other roman buildings in Milan. Also the baptismal structures in the northern Italy will be taken into consideration (Baptistery of Parma, Cremona, Verona, Florence, Pisa, and Lombard ones).
Full programme
For those never studied history of medieval art:
A.M. ROMANINI, L’arte medievale in Italia, Firenze, Sansoni editore, 1988 ( or next edition) from Costantin Arch to Giotto'century.
For those cannot be present at lectures:
A . PERONI, Architettura e scultura: aggiornamenti, in Wiligelmo e Lanfranco nell’Europa romanica, atti del convegno (Modena, 24-27 ottobre 1985), Modena 1989, pp. 71-90 (info in Department).
E. SILVESTRI, Una rilettura delle fasi costruttive del duomo di Modena, in «Atti e Memorie», s. XI, XXXV, 2013, pp. 117-149 (info in Department).
S. LOMARTIRE, Nicolò e la cattedrale di Cremona, in Docta Manus. Studien zur italienischen Skulptur für Joachim Poeschke, Munster, Rhema-Verlag, pp. 37-58 (info in Department).
La trama nascosta della cattedrale di Piacenza, a cura di T. Fermi, Piacenza, TIP.LE.CO, 2015.
Bibliography
For those who have never do the exam of history of medieval-art is required the study of
A.M. Romanini, L’arte medievale in Italia, Firenze, Sansoni editore, 1988 ( or next edition) from the Arch o Costantine to Giotto.
For those who can’be present at lessons, here the texts:
A.Peroni, Architettura e scultura: aggiornamenti, in Wiligelmo e Lanfranco nell’Europa romanica, atti del convegno (Modena, 24-27 ottobre 1985), Modena 1989, pp. 71-90.
E. SILVESTRI, Una rilettura delle fasi costruttive del duomo di Modena, in «Atti e Memorie», s. XI, XXXV, 2013, pp. 117-149 (per il testo rivolgersi in Dipartimento).
S. LOMARTIRE, Nicolò e la cattedrale di Cremona, in Docta Manus. Studien zur italienischen Skulptur für Joachim Poeschke, Munster, Rhema-Verlag, pp. 37-58 (per il testo rivolgersi in Dipartimento).
La trama nascosta della cattedrale di Piacenza, a cura di T. Fermi, Piacenza, TIP.LE.CO, 2015 (tutti i saggi).
More bibliography will be suggest eventually during the lessons.
Teaching methods
The teaching will mainly consist of lectures using an array of images prepared for each lesson. Besides the teacher will provide readings on the most relevant topics and will lead plenary discussions with the students referring to a series of articles and critical essays on particular issues for which will be organized weekly seminars.
Assessment methods and criteria
Students should be able to analyze the medieval architecture, with particular attention to its technical and stylistic peculiarities. At the same time, they should be able to understand the meanings in relation to the cultural context in which they have developed. During the lectures an active participation is expected. The students are also expected to deal with the case studies analyzed in the provided reading of essays and articles, thus sharpening their analytical skills and understanding the evolution of critical debate. The final oral examination will consist of the analysis of the proposed works during the course, in light of the critical literature indicated in the bibliography. During the course students will also be asked to present a lecture on an emblematic case study on these topics through which students must demonstrate to be able to properly set up a personal study, the bibliographical research, the mind-net , thus putting at stake its capabilities in terms of independence of judgment and communication skills.
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