History of Western art (medieval) (Theory)

Paper Code: 
VAS 402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
6.00
Unit I: 

Byzantine Art: Art and architecture-Church St. Vitale Ravenna (Mosaics: Emperor Justinian and his Attendants, Empress Theodora and her Attendants), Hagia Sophia Istanbul, St. Mark’s Church.

Iconoclasts and Iconophiles 

 
6.00
Unit II: 

Romanesque Art: Sculpture, Painting

 
6.00
Unit III: 

Gothic Architecture: Architect Abbot Suger, General characteristics and components of Churches and Cathedral (Stained glass windows, Choir, Pulpits, Altarpieces)

Gothic Sculptures– Jamb Statues of Chartres Cathedral, Death of Virgin in Strasbourg Cathedral, Annunciation and Visitation in Reims Cathedral, The Virgin of Paris Notre- Dame, The Kiss of Judas and Crucifixion in Naumburg Cathedral, The Pieta

Gothic paintings

 
6.00
Unit IV: 

The Early Renaissance artists and their works

6.00
Unit V: 

The High Renaissance: Painters, Sculptors, Architects and their works

 

Academic Year: