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HISTORY OF MINIATURE ART

Francesca DELL'ACQUA HISTORY OF MINIATURE ART

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
THEATRE AND MEDIA STUDIES
2019/2020

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
FRANCESCA DELL'ACQUA T Curriculum
Objectives
THE MODULE AIMS AT INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRODUCTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD IN A WIDE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. IN PARTICULAR, THE MODULE WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO DEAL WITH THE STUDY OF TECHNICAL ASPECTS, AS WELL AS WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TEXT AND IMAGE WITHIN AND WITHOUT BOOKS, WITH PATRONAGE, WITH THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS, AND WITH THEIR AUDIENCE.
Prerequisites
IT IS ADVISED TO HAVE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO ACCESS RELEVANT BIBLIOGRAPHY IF NEEDED
Contents
A FEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES WILL BE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION BETWEEN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE LATE MIDDLE AGES. THE FOLLOWING ONES WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE EXAMINATION OF MANUSCRIPTS PRODUCED BETWEEN THE EIGHTH AND THE NINTH CENTURIES THROUGH WHICH EXPLORE SEVERAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE AUTHORSHIP OF TEXTS AND IMAGES, PATRONAGE, THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS, THEIR AUDIENCES, THE VALUE OF THE WRITTEN WORD VIS-À-VIS ORALITY AND FIGURAL IMAGERY.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES IN THE CLASSROOM SUPPORTED WITH POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS.
Verification of learning
THE ACQUISITION OF SPECIALIST COMPETENCES INHERENT TO THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION WITHIN SPECIFIC HISTORICAL CONTEXTS WILL BE VERIFIED THROUGH A WRITTEN ASSESSMENT DURING THE MODULE AND A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION. THE WRITTEN ASSESSMENT, TO BE COMPLETED AT HOME, WILL BE CENTRED ON THE ANALYSIS OF AN EXAMPLE OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION PREVIOUSLY AGREED WITH THE LECTURER.
Texts
IF ERASMUS STUDENTS ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN ITALIAN, THEY WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

ENTRIES FROM THE ENCICLOPEDIA DELL’ARTE MEDIEVALE: AGIMONDO, OMILIARIO DI; COMMITTENZA; EGINO, CODICE DI; ILLUSTRAZIONE; MANOSCRITTO; MINIATURA (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)

K. WEITZMANN, L’ILLUSTRAZIONE NEL ROTOLO E NEL CODICE, A CURA DI M. BERNABO’ (FIRENZE, 1984) (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)


OR, IN CASE WEITZMANN IS UNAVAILABLE, LOOK FOR
C. NORDENFALK, STORIA DELLA MINIATURA [1957-1958] (TORINO, 2012) (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)


THEN, THE FOLLOWING ARE USEFUL TO EXPLORE THEMES OF THE MODULE:

G. CAVALLO, ‘TESTO E IMMAGINE: UNA FRONTIERA AMBIGUA’, IN TESTO E IMMAGINE NELL’ALTO MEDIOEVO, 2 VOLS., SETTIMANE 41 (SPOLETO, 1994), 1: 31–62 (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)

G. OROFINO, ‘LE IMMAGINI NEI LIBRI MEDIEVALI’, IN ARTI E STORIA NEL MEDIOEVO, III. DEL VEDERE, A CURA DI E. CASTELNUOVO, G. SERGI (TORINO, 2004), 3: 341–367 (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)

S. LOMARTIRE, ‘MINIATURE BOBBIESI, EXCURSUS’, IN LA PITTURA IN ITALIA. L'ALTOMEDIOEVO, A CURA DI C. BERTELLI (MILANO, 1994), 432-440 (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)

G. OROFINO, ‘MONTECASSINO’, IN LA PITTURA IN ITALIA. L'ALTOMEDIOEVO, A CURA DI C. BERTELLI (MILANO, 1994), 441-453. (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)


L. BRUBAKER, ‘THE INTRODUCTION OF PAINTED INITIALS IN BYZANTIUM’, SCRIPTORIUM 45.1 (1991): 22–46 (PDF)

L. BRUBAKER, ‘POLITICS, PATRONAGE, AND ART IN NINTH-CENTURY BYZANTIUM: THE HOMILIES OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS IN PARIS (B. N. GR. 510)’, DUMBARTON OAKS PAPERS 39 (1985): 1–13 (PDF)
More Information
THE MODULE WILL BE DELIVERED BETWEEN 4 NOV AND 4 DEC 2019. AFTER A FEW LESSONS ON THE HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUMINATION IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE LATE MIDDLE AGES, THE MODULE WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPIC: TEXT AND IMAGE IN EXTRAORDINARY MANUSCRIPTS (EIGHTH–NINTH CENTURIES).
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