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ART AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Maddalena VACCARO ART AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

0322400058
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
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 PROVIDES THE CRITICAL TOOLS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS OF WORKS OF ART, MANUSCRIPTS, MONUMENTS AND CONTEXTS OF THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND TRANSMEDIAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN ARTISTIC ARTIFACTS, MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER BOOK PRODUCTS, ILLUMINATED AND/OR DECORATED.
THE COURSE PROVIDES THE TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ON THE TOPICS CONCERNED, IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THE PROCESSES OF IDEATION, CONTEXTUALIZATION PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS CONSERVATION AND FRUITION OF MEDIEVAL WORKS OF ART IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 1).
THE STUDENT WILL ACHIEVE ADEQUATE CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACQUIRE THE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL ARTWORKS, INCLUDING MANUSCRIPT PRODUCTS, WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND TRANSMEDIA EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS. IN ADDITION, HE/SHE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE PROCESSES OF IDEATION, REALIZATION, PATRONAGE AND CONSERVATION OF SUCH ARTIFACTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN AREA, AND WILL ACQUIRE MASTERY OF THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL, ICONOGRAPHIC AND HISTORIOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 2).
THROUGH THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED TOOLS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE WORKS OF ART AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MEDIEVAL AGE WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR CONTEXT OF CONCEPTION, PRODUCTION AND COMMISSIONING IN THE ITALIAN AND OTHER EUROPEAN AREAS; WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHARACTERS OF ORIGINALITY AND THE CHARACTERIZING ELEMENTS OF MEDIEVAL WORKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MATERIALS, ARTISTIC-TECHNIQUES, FORMAL ELEMENTS, ICONOGRAPHY, TEXTS, PATRONS, AND CONSERVATIVE ISSUES.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 3).
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY CONDUCT THE ANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING BOOK ARTIFACTS, FROM THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES, PROPOSING ANALYTICAL COMPARISONS IN A SYSTEM OF ARTISTIC, TRANSMEDIA, CULTURAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND DIACHRONIC RELATIONSHIPS, ALSO MAKING USE OF TEXTUAL SOURCES.

COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 4).
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE PROPERTIES OF LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSION, INCLUDING DIALOGIC EXPRESSION, MAKING USE OF THE SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGIES USED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REFERRING TO THE SELECTED SUBJECTS. DURING THE COURSE, THE POSSIBILITY OF REQUESTING A WRITTEN PAPER, TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE ORAL EXAMINATION, WILL BE CONSIDERED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP CRITICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE AS WELL.

LEARNING SKILLS (DUBLIN DESCRIPTOR 5).
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL HAVE ACQUIRED AN AUTONOMOUS ABILITY TO LEARN AND ANALYZE ART ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING MANUSCRIPTS, THROUGH THE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, OF SPECIFIC DIGITAL TOOLS, OF CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTIONS, THROUGH FIELD TRIPS AND VISITS TO WORKS, MONUMENTS, MUSEUMS, AND THROUGH LECTURES AND/OR MEETINGS AIMED AT THE IN-DEPTH STUDY OF SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Prerequisites
NONE PREREQUISITE REQUIRED.
HOWEVER, IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED A GROUND-KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY OF ART IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL TOOLS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS OF WORKS OF ART, MANUSCRIPTS, MONUMENTS AND CONTEXTS OF THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE RELATIONS OF CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND TRANSMEDIA EXCHANGE BETWEEN ARTISTIC ARTEFACTS, MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER BOOK PRODUCTS, ILLUMINATED AND/OR DECORATED. THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHY WILL BE DISCUSSED, IN ORDER TO ANALIZE PROCESSES OF PATRONAGE AND ARTISTIC PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS CONSERVATION AND FRUITION OF MEDIEVAL ART AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS REALIZED DURING FREDERICK 2ND AND MANFRED HOHENSTAUFEN IN THE CONTEXT OF SOUTHERN ITALY AND EUROPE.
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)
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION (MANDATORY).
THE EVALUATION CRITERIA INCLUDE:
1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXTS 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
IT’S MANDATORY TO STUDY 1 BOOK AND 5 PAPERS:
1. CARL NORDENFALK, STORIA DELLA MINIATURA. DALLA TARDA ANTICHITÀ ALLA FINE DELL’ETÀ ROMANICA, ED. TORINO, EINAUDI, 2012, A CURA DI FABRIZIO CRIVELLO.

2. GIULIA OROFINO, IL RAPPORTO CON L'ANTICO E L'OSSERVAZIONE DELLA NATURA NELL'ILLUSTRAZIONE SCIENTIFICA DI ETÀ SVEVA IN ITALIA MERIDIONALE, IN INTELLECTUAL LIFE AT THE COURT OF FREDERICK II HOHENSTAUFEN, A CURA DI W. TRONZO, WASHINGTON 1994, PP. 129-149.

3. VALENTINO PACE, PITTURA E MINIATURA SVEVA DA FEDERICO II A CORRADINO: STORIA E MITO, IN FEDERICO II E L'ITALIA. PERCORSI, LUOGHI, SEGNI E STRUMENTI, CATALOGO DELLA MOSTRA (ROMA, 1996), A CURA DI C.D. FONSECA, ROMA 1996, PP. 103-110.

4. GIULIA OROFINO, DI PADRE IN FIGLIO. FEDERICO II, MANFREDI E L’ILLUSTRAZIONE DEL DE ARTE VENANDI CUM AVIBUS. IN: TEMPI E FORME DELL’ARTE. MISCELLANEA DI STUDI OFFERTI A PINA BELLI D’ELIA, A CURA DI LUISA DEROSA E CLARA GELAO, FOGGIA : GRENZI, 2011, PP. 137-143.

5. ALESSANDRA PERRICCIOLI SAGGESE, FRA LA CORTE E L’UNIVERSITÀ. MANOSCRITTI MINIATI DI ETÀ MANFREDIANA. IN: TRANSLATING AT THE COURT, ED. BY PIETER DE LEEMANS, LEUVEN : LEUVEN UNIV. PRESS, 2014, PP. [91]-111.

6. GIULIA OROFINO, "INCOGNITAE OFFICINAE": IL PROBLEMA DEGLI "SCRIPTORIA" DI ETÀ SVEVA IN ITALIA MERIDIONALE, MEDIOEVO. LE OFFICINE, A CURA DI ARTURO CARLO QUINTAVALLE, MILANO, ELECTA 2019 (I CONVEGNI DI PARMA, 12), PP. 468-480.

FURTHER BOOKS WILL BE SUGGESTED DURING CLASSES.
Lessons Timetable

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