Art 202: Syllabus
Week of January 17: Introduction to the Middle Ages Roman
Art as the basis of Christian art
Reading: Stokstad, chapter I
French Hour: Terminology and Diagrams from Glossaire
Week of January 24: Art of the Triumphant Christian Church
Reading: Stokstad, chapter II
French Hour: Isabelle Rilliet-Maillard, "Quelques remarques
sur la production des sarcophages au IVe siècle," pp. 175- 201,
Artistes, Artisans et Production artistique au moyen age, vol. III,
Paris, 1990
Week of January 31: Justinian the Church Builder and the Golden Age
of Byzantium
Reading: Stokstad, chapter III
French Hour: Extract from André Grabar, Martyrium.
Recherches sur le culte des reliques et l'art chrétien antique,
2 vols., Paris, 1943-46
Week of Febrary 7: More of the Golden Age of Byzantium
French Hour: Nicolas Oikonomidès," L'artiste-amateur
à Byzance," pp. 45-51, Artistes, Artisans et Production
artistique au moyen age, vol. I, Paris, 1989
Week of February 14: Barbarian (?) Art
Reading: Stokstad, chapter IV
***Film on Feb. 16 and no class on Feb. 18
French Hour: Film: Nos ancetres les Barbares
Week of February 21: More art of the Age of Migrations
French Hour: Plans and discussion from La Grammaire des
formes
Week of February 28: Carolingian Art
Reading: Stokstad, chapter V
Krautheimer, The Carolingian Revival
French Hour: Louis Grodecki, "Les Problèmes de l'art
roman," Le moyen age retrouvé, Paris, 1986, pp. 31-47
Week of March 7: Art beyond the Carolingian Empire
Reading: Stokstad, chapter VI
EXAM I
French Hour: Philippe-Jean Hesse, "Artistes, artisans et Sécurité
sociale au Moyen Age," pp. 85-91, Artistes, Artisans et Production
artistique au moyen age, vol. I, Paris, 1986
Week of March 14: Spring Break
Week of March 21: Ottonian Art: Gateway to the Romanesque
Reading: Stokstad, chapter VII
French Hour: Film: Evocation Médiévale: Semur-en-Auxois
Week of March 28: Romanesque Art in Western Europe
Reading: Stokstad, chapter VIII
French Hour: Jean-Claude Bonne, "Organisation architectonique
et composition plastique des tympans romans: les modèles de Conques
et d'Autun," pp. 185-202, Artistes, artisans et Production artistique
au moyen age, vol. II, Paris, 1987
Week of April 4: More Art of the Pilgrimage Roads
Schapiro, Selected Papers, pp. 131-264
French Hour: Louis Grodecki, "Le Problème des
sources iconographiques du tympan de Moissac," Le moyen age retrouvé,
pp. 151-159
Week of April 11: The Origins of Gothic Art
Reading: Stokstad, chapter IX
French Hour: Louis Grodecki, "Esthétique ancienne
et moderne du vitrail roman," Le moyen age retrouvé,
pp. 339-354
Week of April 18: The Gothic Cathedral as Vehicle for Meaning
Reading: Stokstad, chapter X
von Simson, ch. on Psuedo-Dionysios and the power of stained glass
ALL PAPERS DUE
French Hour: Marie-Odile Terrenoire, "Villard de Honnecourt,
culture savante, culture orale?" pp 163-181, Artistes, artisans
y Production artistique au moyen age, vol. I, Paris, 1986
Week of April 25: High Gothic Art in France & the Rise of Regional
Styles
Reading: Stokstad, chapter XI
French Hour: Jacques Le Goff, "Reims, ville du sacre,"
Les lieux de mémoire, II, La Nation, Paris, 1986, pp. 122-133
Week of May 2: Late Gothic Art---the Last Gothic Gasp
Reading: Stokstad, chapter XII
FINAL EXAM
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