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107-120 From Celtic to Gothic: Medieval Art in Northern Europe | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-208/308 Medieval Art in Northern Europe. Students who have completed 111-208/308 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | To be advised |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | An introduction to the art of medieval Western Europe from the 6th to the 14th centuries, focusing on the Ireland, Britain 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 | An essay of 2500 words, and a classpaper of 1500 words. |
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