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HISTORY OF MINIATURE PAINTING

Francesca DELL'ACQUA HISTORY OF MINIATURE PAINTING

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 2
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
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACCESS RELEVANT BIBLIOGRAPHY. A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN AND GREEK IS DESIRABLE ALTHOUGH NOT COMPULSORY
Contents
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)

C. NORDENFALK, STORIA DELLA MINIATURA [1957-1958] (TORINO, 2012) (BIBLIOTECA CENTRALE)

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 (JSTOR)

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)

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

L. NEES, ‘READING ALDRED'S COLOPHON FOR THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS’, SPECULUM, VOL. 78, NO. 2 (APR., 2003), PP. 333-377 (JSTOR)

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)

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

J. OSBORNE, ‘THE USE OF PAINTED INITIALS BY GREEK AND LATIN SCRIPTORIA IN CAROLINGIAN ROME’, GESTA, VOL. 29, NO. 1 (1990), PP. 76-85 (JSTOR)


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NO INFORMATION IS YET AVAILABLE ABOUT THE START AND END DATE. IN ANY CASE, THE MODULE WILL BE DELIVERED DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER.
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