STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE

The course aims to provide a basic knowledge of Italian and European Art History, from the Early Christian age to the first half of the 15th century. A special focus will be set on Medieval art in Sicily

At the end of the course student will be able: o describe works of art and their iconographic, technical and stylistic characteristics; to place works of art in their historical, geographical, religious and cultural context; to elaborate personal analysis by using a specific and appropriate terminology; to create tourist itineraries with particular reference to the artistic and monumental heritage of medieval Sicily.

Lectures

Architecture, painting and sculpture from the Early Christian age to the first half of the 15th century in Italy and in Europe, in relation with patronage, society, cultural context and liturgical needs. Targeted insights will concern medieval art in Sicily, with particular reference to the Norman age.

• G. CRICCO, F. P. DI TEODORO, Itinerario nell’arte. Versione gialla, quarta edizione, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2016: Vol. 2. Dall’arte paleocristiana a Giotto [ISBN: 9788808437846], pp. 483-825, 851-857; Vol. 3. Dal Gotico Internazionale al Manierismo [ISBN: 9788808649751, cap. 14 (pp. 8-25, 30-59, 64-72, 77-111) e cap. 15 (pp. 118-134, 151-169)
• V. ZORIĆ – M. ANDALORO, ad vocem “Cefalù”, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, vol. IV (Roma 1993), pp. 602-611.
• P. CASTELLANI – N. BERNACCHIO – M. ANDALORO, ad vocem “Monreale”, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, vol. VIII (Roma 1997), pp. 524-530
• B. BRENK, Retorica, valenza e funzione della Cappella Palatina a Palermo, in La Cappella Palatina a Palermo, Storia, arte, funzioni, a cura di T. Dittelbach, Swiridoff, Künzelsau, 2011, pp. 446-457.