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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Art History
111-208/308 From Celtic To Gothic: Medieval Art in Northern Europe |
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Note: | No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-208/308 Medieval Art in Northern Europe. | |
Credit Points: | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year | |
Coordinator: | Ms Ursula Betka & Ms Bronwyn Stocks | |
Timetable: | Semester 1 | |
Contact: | Three hours of lectures, tutorials, or seminars each week | |
Subject Description: | An introduction to the art of medieval Western Europe from the 6th to the 14th centuries, focusing on the British Isles and France, with linking studies of Carolingian and Mosan-German art. Areas considered may include: Celtic art and the Book of Kells; Carolingian art; work in metal, ivory, enamel, glass, and tapestry; English art of the 10th to 12th centuries in the context of monastic reforms; Benedictine, Cluniac and Cistercian expressions of Monasticism; Romanesque art at Cluny, Vezelay, Autin and Moissac; the rise of Gothic and Abbot Suger of St Denis; the French Gothic cathedral; 12th century Mosan enamel and goldsmith work; manuscript illumination; Christological and Marian imagery; the influence of female and lay patronage. | |
Assessment: | Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 5000 words. | |
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