Art History 320fs - Seminar inMedieval Art

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Mount Holyoke College

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Fall 2008 320f(01) Miracles, Romance, and Satire: Storytelling in Medieval Art This course will explore the ways in which images are composed into visual narratives to both inform and persuade. Discussion will focus on stained glass, featuring Chartres Cathedral, as well as religious and secular manuscripts including the Cantigas de Santa Maria and the Book of Fauvel, a wicked critique of the French court.We will investigate the multimedia interplay of pictures with texts and music to present complex, sometimes contradictory, messages. Meets Humanities I-A requirement M. Davis Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in art history or medieval studies, or permission of instructor; 4 credits Spring 2009 320s(01) Illuminated Manuscripts of the Later Middle Ages The decorated book was one of the most important forms of art making in the middle ages. This course presents an integrative approach to the study of these objects, taking into consideration their structure, text, pictorial and decorative programs, and bindings. We will investigate the patronage, production, use, and a?erlife of a range of illuminated manuscripts in the later middle ages, including the continuous traditions of monastic and courtly book production, as well as the new development of urban manuscript industries by lay artisans. Meets Humanities I-A requirement C. Andrews Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in art history or medieval studies, or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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8.00

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

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(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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