30573 - History of Miniatures in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1) (2nd cycle)

Learning outcomes

Students are expected to acquire a good knowledge of medieval and Renaissance italian illumination through the examination of a group of works of different cultural and artistic periods; students will be also asked to notice the specifity of this artistic production within the global system of the arts.

Course contents

Classes will be divided in two different sections, a more general one and a monographic one, the latter will take place in the last lessons.
(I)
a - the illuminated manuscript and its materials; technical aspects of illuminiation; the relationships between text and image; the different types ob books and the choice of the subjects of the decoration; the balance illumination / painting
b - a general survey on the main facts of history of illumination in Italy and Europe (from late antiquity to the first decades of 16th century)
(II)
"Late 15th century Illuminated choral books in Emilia Romagna: Bologna, Cesena and Ferrara" 

Readings/Bibliography

studenti frequentanti
(I)
1 - personal notes from classes
2 - O. Pächt, La miniatura medievale, Torino, various editions (including in english)
3 - J.J.G. Alexander, I miniatori medievali e i loro metodi di lavoro, Modena, various editions (the original one in english)
(II)
1 - personal notes from classes
2 - F. Lollini, I libri corali della Cattedrale (saggio e schede), in Museo della Cattedrale di Ferrara. Catalogo generale, a cura di B. Giovannucci Vigi e G. Sassu, Ferrara 2010, pp. 145-188
3 - F. Lollini, I graduali della Basilica di San Petronio, in Petronio e Bologna. Il volto di una storia, a cura di B. Buscaroli, Ferrara 2001, pp. 148-153

Students who did not attend classes will study, instead of their notes, the entries of F. Lollini, C. Quattrini and F. Tasso, in Arti minori, C. Piglione e F. Tasso ed., Milano 2000, pp. 186-249, for I; instead of II, G. Dalli Regoli, La miniatura, in Storia dell'arte italiana, 9*, Torino 1980, pp. 125-183, and G. Orofino, "Leggere" le miniature medievali, in Arti e storia nel Medioevo, III, Torino 2004, pp. 343-365.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Teaching tools

Slide projections or ppt during lessons.

Links to further information

http://www.dav.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Fabrizio Lollini