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HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART

Maddalena VACCARO HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
MADDALENA VACCARO T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO FEBBRAIO11/02/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO11/02/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO MAGGIO20/05/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GIUGNO11/06/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO LUGLIO08/07/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO SETTEMBRE09/09/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO DICEMBRE09/12/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL WORKS OF ART, MONUMENTS AND CONTEXTS BOTH IN ITALIAN AND EUROMEDITERRANEAN AREA.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND (DESCRIPTOR 1 DUBLIN)
THE STUDENT IS GOING TO
- KNOW THE PROCESSES OF PATRONAGE, PROJECT, AND REALISATION OF MEDIEVAL WORKS OF ART AND/OR BULDINGS WITHIN ITS CONTEXT IN THE ITALIAN AND EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AREA DURING MIDDLE AGES ANR REFERRING TO
PERIODISATION PROBLEMS;
- USE TECHNICAL, HISTORIOGRAPHIC, AND ICONOGRAPHIC TERMINOLOGY WITH SPECIFICA ATTENTION TO MEDIEVAL ART;
- KNOW TO CONTEXTUALIZE ARTISTS, WORKSHOPS, TECHNIQUES AND PATRONS REFERRING TO MAIN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS;
- EVALUATE AUTOPTIC ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART, AS WELL AS TEXTUAL SOURCES IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS DURING THE CENTURIES, AND TO GET TO THE ORIGINAL FUNCTIONS OF THE OBJECTS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (DESCRIPTOR 2 DUBLIN) THROUGH THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS GOING TO
- ACQUIRE A METHOD OF ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART REFERRING TO TECNIQUES, FORMAL ELEMENTS, ICONOGRAPHIC ISSUES AND TO THE RELATED CONTEXT OF PRODUCTION;
- KNOW HOW TO DATE MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART IN RELATION TO THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART IN ITALY AND OTHER EUROPEAN AREAS;
- PROPOSE COMPARISONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART, EVALUATING CULTURAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND DIACHRONIC RELATIONS;

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT (DESCRIPTOR 3 DUBLIN)
THE STUDENT IS GOING TO
- AUTONOMOUSLY CONDUCT THE ANALYSIS OF A MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART, PROPOSING COMPARISONS WITH AND DISCUSSING ITS BOTH ARTITIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT;
- RECOGNISE ORIGINAL ELEMENTS THAT AFFECTED THE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION;
- AUTONOMOUSLY COMPARE MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART EVALUATING CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN SPACE AND TIME; SELECTING BIBLIOGRAFICAL, ICONOGRAPHIC AND DIGITAL TOOLS FOR THE AUTOMONOUS ANALYSIS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS (DESCRIPTOR 4 DUBLIN)
THE STUDENT IS GOING TO ACQUIRE
- AWARENESS IN THE USE OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE WORKS AND THEIR MATERIAL AND ICONOGRAPHIC SPECIFICITIES;
- WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE TERMINOLOGY OF HISTORICAL PERIODIZATION;
- WILL BE ABLE TO USE IMAGES AS A TOOL OF DEMONSTRATIVE COMMUNICATION (E.G., PROPOSING COMPARISONS).

LEARNING SKILLS (DESCRIPTOR 5 DUBLIN)
THE STUDENT IS GOING TO ACQUIRE AND STRENGTHEN:
- FULL AWARENESS IN THE ANALYSIS OF WORKS OF ART FROM THE MEDIEVAL AGE;
- WILL MAKE USE OF TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND FIELD-SPECIFIC COMPUTER RESOURCES (DATABASES, FULL TEXT DATABASES, IMAGE DATABASES...) USING THE TOOLS AVAILABLE VIA THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY;
- WILL ACQUIRE FULL AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR IN SITU SURVEYS FOR THE AUTOPTICC ANALYSIS OF WORKS OF ART AND MONUMENTS.
Prerequisites
NONE PREREQUISITE REQUIRED.
HOWEVER, IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED THE KNOWLEDGE OF MAIN HISTORICAL EVENTS DURING MIDDLE AGES, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PAPACY, THE EMPIRE AND SOVEREIGNS IN SOUTHERN ITALY.
Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART SELECTED FROM THE EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD TO THE LATE MIDDLE AGESS, AND TO ADDRESS SOME GENERAL PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND PERIODIZATION. SOME OF SOME OF THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF THE DIFFERENT PERIODS AND CULTURES WILL BE SELECTED AND ANALYSED, FOLLOWING A CHRONOLOGICAL PROGRESSION FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE LATE MIDDLE AGES, AND TOUCHING VARIOUS AREAS OF EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE AREA OF SOUTHERN ITALY, UNDER LONGOBARD, NORMAN, SWABIAN AND ANGEVIN DOMINATION, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO CARRY OUT AUTONOMOUS IN-SITU ANALYSES OF MONUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART.
THE COURSE THUS AIMS TO PROVIDE A SOLID FRAMEWORK OF THE MAIN FACTS OF THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART, SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE BASE BOTH FOR FUTURE IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT AND FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE DEGREE COURSE.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES WITH PROJECTION OF IMAGES AND IN-SITU LECTURES WITH ON-FIELD ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS AND WORK OF ARTS, IF ALLOWDED (SALERNE AND/OR NAPLES, ROME)
Verification of learning
MIDDLE-COURS TEST (OPTIONAL) AND FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION (MANDATORY).
THE EVALUATION CRITERIA INCLUDE:
1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY GIVEN IN THE SYLLABUS.
2.KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECTS EXAMINED IN CLASS, AS FOLLOWS:
A.KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPIC REQUIRED FOR THE EXAM AND ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AN ARTICULATE AND RELEVANT ARGUMENT.
B.ABILITY TO GIVE A CORRECT READING OF THE MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART, IDENTIFYING STYLISTIC, ICONOGRAPHIC AND SYMBOLIC ISSUES, RELATING THEM TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE ARTISTIC, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND, WHEN POSSIBLE, LITURGICAL CONTEXT.
C. ABILITY TO RELATE MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS/WORKS OF ART TO A BROADER HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC FRAMEWORK BY MAKING RELEVANT ARTISTIC COMPARISONS, EVALUATING THE SUBJECTS WITHIN THE ITALIAN AND/OR EUROPEAN PANORAMA, THROUGH AND AUTONOMOUS ANALISYS ON THE SUBJECT OF STUDY.
D. ABILITY TO EXPRESS CLEARLY USING CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE EXAMINATION PROGRAMME (POINT 1) AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE COURSE (POINT 2, WITH POINTS A, B, C, D) WILL RESPECTIVELY ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF THE OVERALL GRADE.
THE FINAL MARK, EXPRESSED IN 30/30 WITH POSSIBLE HONOURS, WILL DEPEND ON THE KNOWLEDGE DEMONSTRATED DURING THE ORAL EXAMINATION AND THE OVERALL MATURITY ACQUIRED IN THE COURSE CONTENT.
THE STUDENT WILL REACH THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE (HONOURS) IF HE/SHE PROVES ABLE TO FACE A REFLECTION IN FULL AUTONOMY, WITH TRANSVERSAL REASONING, PROVIDING COMPARISONS NOT EXPRESSLY DEALT WITH IN CLASS, HAVING CONDUCTED AUTONOMOUS IN-SITU ANALISYS FOR THE STUDY OF MONUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART, AND HAVING STUDIED IN DEPTH SELECTED TOPICS THROUGH SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Texts
FOR THE EXAM IT'S MANDATORY:
- VISITING 3 MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS (OR MUSEUMS WITH MEDIEVAL WORKS OF ART), AND;
- STUDYING 2 TEXTS:
1. PIER LUIGI DE VECCHI – EDDA CERCHIARI, ARTE NEL TEMPO, VOL. I, TOMO I, PP. 240-299; TOMO II, PP. 301-616 (PARAGRAPH "REGNO DI NAPOLI" INCLUDED).

2. MADDALENA VACCARO, PALINSESTO E PARADIGMA. LA TRASFORMAZIONE MONUMENTALE NELLA SALERNO DI ROBERTO IL GUISCARDO, PISA, ETS, 2018 (MOUSAI, 12).

SUGGESTED BOOKS (NOT MANDATORY):

L’ARTE MEDIEVALE NEL CONTESTO (300-1300): FUNZIONI, ICONOGRAFIA, TECNICHE, A CURA DI PAOLO PIVA, JACA BOOK, MILANO 2006, AND PARTICULARLY PAOLO PIVA, LO ‘SPAZIO LITURGICO’: ARCHITETTURA ARREDO, ICONOGRAFIA (SECOLI IV-XII), PP. 141-180.

ARTE MEDIEVALE. LE VIE DELLO SPAZIO LITURGICO, A CURA DI PAOLO PIVA, JACA BOOK, MILANO 2010 (N. ED. 2012).

ENTRIES IN ENCICLOPEDIA DELL’ARTE MEDIEVALE, DIRETTA DA ANGIOLA MARIA ROMANINI, ISTITUTO DELLA ENCICLOPEDIA ITALIANA, ROMA.

ALL THE MENTIONED BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE BOTH AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (HUMANITIES) OR ON THE MARKET.

STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING LESSONS ARE REQUIRED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PROFESSOR BY EMAIL (MAVACCARO@UNISA.IT) AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE REGISTRATION TO THE EXAM
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IF POSSIBLE, A MIDDLE-COURSE WRITTEN TEST (ON THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAMME) WILL BE ORGANISED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE STUDY OF THE SUBJECT AND THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION. ATTENDANCE AT THE WRITTEN TEST IS AT THE STUDENT'S CHOICE.
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