CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHY

L-ART/01 - 6 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

GIULIA ARCIDIACONO


Learning Objectives

The course aims to illustrate the genesis and development of the sacred image from the Early Christian period to the Middle Age. The relationship between each iconographic theme and the textual sources will be analyzed giving examples in different artistic media (monumental painting, mosaics, sculptures book illumination, luxury arts) and taking into account social and historical background.


Course Structure

Lectures.



Detailed Course Content

Lectures will analyze the power and significance of the holy images in the Middle Ages and the specific iconological value of the iconographic themes expressed in the examined works of art. Particular attention will be paid to the representations of the Stories of the Old Testament from the 4th to the 12th century.



Textbook Information

- F. Bisconti, Introduzione, in Temi di iconografia paleocristiana, a cura di F. Bisconti, Città del Vaticano, 2000, pp. 13-86.

- A. Grabar, Le vie dell’iconografia cristiana. Antichità e Medioevo, a cura di M. Della Valle, Milano, Jaca Book, 2011 e successive edizioni (pp. IX-XLVIII, 1-214)

- E. Kitzinger, Il culto delle immagini. L’arte bizantina dal Cristianesimo delle origini all'iconoclastia, nuova edizione, Meltemi, Milano, 2018, pp. 264.

- J. Baschet, L’iconografia medievale, Jaca Book, Milano, 2014, rist. Milano, 2019, pp. 5-198

- From the book : Les stratégies de la narration dans la peinture médiévale. La représentation de l’Ancien Testament aux IVe – XIIe siècles, sous la direction de Marcello Angheben, Turnhout, Brepols, 2020 :

 

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.




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