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107-120 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. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | To be advised |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | This subject forms an introduction to the art of medieval western Europe from the 6th to the 14th centuries, focusing on Ireland, Britain and France, with linking studies of Carolingian and Mosan-German art. Students should develop a knowledge of areas such as 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. |
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