This course proposes that students approach Medieval Art in the fields of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, also through the eyes of those who have rediscovered its value (through the phenomenon of art collecting and exhibitions) and those who have re-proposed its original forms (through recoveries, re-evocations, and inventions) in modern and contemporary eras.

Medieval art in Europe from the Fourth to the Fifteenth Century and its study and influence in modern and contemporary eras even beyond the borders of Europe, through the analysis of Architecture (with a focus on the theme of the gothic and neo-gothic facade, its colors, and its putative tales, with special attention to the Labours of the Months), Sculpture (with a focus on wooden sculpture collections), Painting (with a focus on Giotto and the exhibits dedicated to his work), with regard to the problem of the de-contextualization and the recovery and virtual reconstruction of works of art in their original settings (case study: the frescoes of the Palazze di Spoleto).

The course will consist of a series of classroom lectures, each lasting two hours, and dedicated to a specific topic concerning one of the following ample sectors of research:

A. Medieval art in Europe from the Fourth to the Fifteenth Century and its study and influence in modern and contemporary eras even beyond the borders of Europe

B. The relationship between words and images

C. Color in terms of materials, technique, use, symbol and as a connoting element in the architecture and sculpture of the Middle Ages, as it was in Classical Antiquity

D. Text and context: new models of analysis, communicating and promoting art works through the virtual reconstruction and reunification of lost and dispersed materials in their original cultural contexts and settings

SEMINAR

During the course, students will attend a seminar on a project that will take the form of an exhibition catalogue.  It will consider ten works of art from the early medieval period in an imaginative (and admittedly fantastical) exhibition of their choosing.  These pieces will ideally be ones that they have seen on sites.  But works of art from the readings will also be acceptable.  Their collection will have an argument that critically engages with issues from this course. At the end of the course, students will be asked to have an oral presentation of their project in the classroom, in Italian or in English. Following the introduction on the ten works of art that they have chosen to collect, each with a substantive formal description, students have to answer these following questions: how and why those pieces work together?

SCHEDULE: Lessons will be held at the following times:

FIRST SEMESTER

Monday, 2pm-4pm
Tuesday, 2pm-3pm

starting Tuesday, October 25, 2016
 

SECOND SEMESTER TBA

Qualifications that signify completion of the second cycle are awarded to students who:

-have demonstrated knowledge and capacity for comprehension of texts and of certain specific themes typically associated with the first cycle and allow the application of original ideas, often in the context of study and research (knowledge and understanding);
-can be able to apply their knowledge and understanding and problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments, found in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to their field of study and research (applying knowledge and understanding);
-have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, as well as formulate independent judgment based on limited or incomplete information (making judgments)
-can communicate in a clear, unambiguous manner their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underlying those conclusions, to others whether their interlocutors are specialists in the field or not. (communication skills);
-have to develop their ability to learn in a way that will allow them to continue their studies autonomously (learning skills)

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Seminars, conferences, fields trips organized during the course

Teaching

In-class lessons

Attendance

Students must attend at least two-thirds of the lessons

Course books

Beyond knowledge of the topics covered during the course, for which slides will be downloaded on the Moodle platform for easy consultation, the study of the following texts are requried: 

-A. Pinelli, "Le ragioni della bellezza", vol. 2, Dalla tarda Antichità a Giotto, Torino, Loescher, 2012 (edizione blu).  Si tratta purtroppo di un testo di difficile reperimento: se ne garantisce però la vendita nelle librerie di Urbino.

-L'arte medievale in Italia, edited by A.M. Romanini, Firenze, Sansoni 1988 (1996), in particular, the introductions to parts I-VII (available on the Moodle platform)

Assessment

Oral exam

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.

Teaching

Individual study

Course books

-A. Pinelli, "Le ragioni della bellezza", vol. 2, Dalla tarda Antichità a Giotto, Torino, Loescher, 2012 (red edition). This text book can be difficult to find, but it is sold at various book stores in Urbino

-S. Romano, La O di Giotto, Milano, Electa, 2008

Assessment

Oral exam

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.