ART HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL VENETO

The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge on a theme that will allow us to tackle more aspects of medieval art (architecture, sculpture, mosaic and pictorial decoration). The course is one of the characteristics of the "Medieval and Byzantine" path and can be combined with ICONOGRAPHY AND MEDIEVAL ICONOLOGY SP (FM 308) or HISTORY OF BYZANTINE ART SP (FM0210).
The same course is chosen among the Affinities and Integratives of the "Medieval and Byzantine" and "Modern" paths.

To know the medieval works and contexts of the Veneto area, inserting them within a wider - even historical - perspective. To know the main monument of the Veneto. Knowing how to place and analyze architecture and decoration.
Acquire autonomy in directing a research on a topic / object pertinent to the topic of the course (agreed and guided by the teacher).
To acquire communication skills in presenting one's own research in a field of seminar.
Acquire skills in research for the purpose of writing a scientific text.

Having held the examination of History of Medieval Art at the Bachelor's Degree.

CATHEDRALS.
The course aims to tackle the study of some important buildings, central to consider medieval religious art under various aspects: the architecture, the connected sculpture (architectural and furnishing), the pictorial and / or mosaic decoration, the complex in which they are inserted (episcopal quarters).
Some examples of the Veneto area will be analyzed: the Basilica of Santa Eufemia in Grado (seat of the Patriarch), the cathedrals of Torcello, Caorle, Jesolo and Venice (San Pietro di Castello).

THE FOLLOWING BIBLIOGRAPHY IS OF GENERAL ORIENTATION.
A detailed bibliography will be provided at the beginning and during the lessons.

W.Dorigo, Venezia romanica, Venezia-Verona 2003, capitolo 2 paragrafo 4 (pp.67-94), capitolo 5 (pp.231-283).

Veneto romanico, a cura di F. Zuliani, Milano 2008 (in particolare le schede di Santa Maria assunta e Santa Fosca di Torcello, pp. 67-90; Santo Stefano di Caorle, pp. 101-106; Santa Maria di Equilo, Jesolo, pp. 233-234).

Storia dell’architettura nel Veneto. L’altomedioevo e il romanico, a cura di J. Schulz, Venezia 2009

Romanesque cathedrals in Mediterranean Europe : architecture, ritual and urban context , a cura di G. Boto Varela , J.E.A. Kroesen. Turnhout , Brepols. 2016
in particolare :
B. Brenk, The cathedrals of early medieval Italy : the impact of the cult of the saints and the liturgy on italian cathedrals from 300 to 1200, pp. 9-27
X. Barral i Altet, Medieval cathedral architecture as an episcopal instrument of ideology and urban policy : the example of Venice, pp. 139-151

Grado:
M. Pilutti Namer, I capitelli di navata della basilica di Santa Eufemia e della chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Grado, in «Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Lettere e Filosofia », 4.Ser. 9.2004(2008), 2, pp. 269-303

Jesolo:
W. Dorigo, Venezie sepolte nella terra del Piave, Roma 1994, capitolo 10 , pp. 259-298


Torcello:
M. Agazzi, L'architettura della basilica alla svolta del 1008, in Torcello.Alle origini di Venezia tra oriente e occidente, (catalogo della mostra, Venezia, 29 agosto 2009- 10 gennaio 2010) , a c. di G.Caputo-G.Gentili, Venezia, Marsilio 2009, pp.50-59

M. Agazzi, La casa del vescovo. L'episcopio di Torcello, la domus perduta accanto a Santa Maria assunta di Torcello, Le plaisir de l'art du Moyen Age. Commande, production et réception de l'ouvre d'art. Mélanges en hommage à Xavier Barral i Altet, Paris, Ed. A. er J. Picard, 2012, pp. 292-299

M. Agazzi, Torcello medievale, scultura e architettura, in «HORTUS ARTIUM MEDIEVALIUM», vol. 20, 2014, pp. 817-829

Venezia, San Pietro di Castello:

G. Guidarelli, Gianmario, I patriarchi di Venezia e l'architettura : la cattedrale di San Pietro di Castello nel Rinascimento, Padova 2015

La chiesa di San Pietro di Castello e la nascita del patriarcato di Venezia, a cura di G. Guidarelli, M. Hochmann, F. Tonizzi , Venezia 2018 (Chiese di Venezia ; 5)

Students are invited to present in the final seminar an individual in-depth topic that will be the subject of the written report to be presented 1 week before the oral exam. The report will be discussed during the oral examination.
The evaluation will therefore take into account both the exposure and the written report.
The maximum evaluation will be given to works of particular originality, object of critical analysis, exhibited with properties, presented in written form edited, with a mature argumentative structure.
A good evaluation will take into account the work carried out, the exposure and the final draft, recognizing the acquired elements.

The course will be divided into two blocks. In the first there will be five lectures of the teacher, providing from time to time in the MOODLE platform useful materials (literature and powerpoint). In the middle of the course a list will be proposed of possible topics of individual study that will have to be exhibited in the final seminar. In the second block visits and inspections will be carried out and - in conclusion - the seminar during which the students will present the reports.

Italian

Further bibliographical indications will be provided to the students after the choice of the topic of individual deepening.

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development