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107-069 Siena and its Environs: 1260-1460 | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-263/363/485. Students who have completed 111-263/363/485 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Special entry conditions apply. Places are limited. See Department for further details. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 25 |
Coordinator | Ms Bronwyn Stocks & Ms Ursula Betka |
Prerequisites | Usual prerequisites for 3rd and 4th-year subjects or permission from the Head of Department. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A one month intensive field-work program in Siena consisting of 15 one-hour lectures, 15 one-hour tutorials, 15 site based lectures/seminars and individual supervision. A travel and accommodation package is available |
Subject Description | This subject considers the secular and religious art, cityscape and landscape of the city of Siena in the medieval and Renaissance periods as expressions of secular and sacred meaning. Topics to be considered may include: civic ritual as an expression of the city's identity; signs of power and prestige in forms of secular architecture; civil patronage; the role of the mendicant orders; the civic, confraternal and personal devotion to the Saints and the Virgin Mary; the depiction of mystical phenomena; images as a tool of propaganda key civic and religious monuments; and the role of art in enriching the devotional experience of the worshipper. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 10,000 words. This will consist of exercises or papers totalling 3000 words written in Sienna, and a research essay or essays totalling 7000 words submitted three months after the completion of the fieldwork. |
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