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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