History and Culture Course IIz/IIIz + p: Art of Medieval France 3304-1DZXW-KHK-27
The course will focus on discussing various areas of French medieval art: architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination, decorative art, and easel painting. These will be presented in the context of medieval mentality and literature and will be treated as an opportunity to discuss various manifestations of culture with which they are associated, such as carnival, spirituality, a specific approach to sexuality, the place of women, the image of death, the role of cities, and the concept of the individual. On the basis of iconographic representations, we will also analyse motifs important to medieval society, related to a particular approach to space (forest, garden), nature (animals), and emotions (love, melancholy). We will also draw attention to issues specifically related to medieval art, such as the relationship between image and text, the evolution of the artist's position, the secondary place of easel painting, and the role of art in building the prestige of power.
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Learning outcomes
1. Ability to use basic theoretical approaches, research paradigms and concepts specific to literary studies.
2. Ability to substantive argument using the views of other authors and to formulate conclusions .
3. Ability to use various sources and methods of searching and selecting information.
4. Acquiring basic research skills allowing to formulate and analyze problems.
Credit based on active participation in classes and a test.
Bibliography
Georges Duby, Le temps des cathédrales. L'art et la société, 980-1420, Paris, Gallimard, 1978.
Otto Pächt, L’enluminure médiévale, Paris, Macula, 1997
Michael Camille, Images dans les marges, Paris, Gallimard, 1997
Michele Tomasi, Ecrire l’art en France au temps de Charles V et Charles VI (1360-1420), Turnhout, Brepols, 2022
Johann Huizinga, L’automne du Moyen Age, Paris, Payot, 1938
Jacques Le Goff, L’imaginaire médiéval, Paris, Gallimard, 1985
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