HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (MEDIEVAL) (Theory)

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HISTORY OF WESTERN ART (MEDIEVAL) (Theory) [1]

Paper Code:

25CVAA402

Credits:

Contact Hours:

45.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

The course will enable the students to gain an understanding of Western art movements. Develop an effective knowledge of visual art vocabulary through extensive reading of art works done by artists of western world. Learn and demonstrate extensive learning on varied techniques and skills by Western artists.

Course Outcomes:

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25CVA A402

History of Western Art (Medieval) (Theory)

CO75: Theorize and appraise Byzantine period major monuments, artworks style, techniques and methods and also assess the qualities of work of art in their historical and cultural settings.

CO76: Develop analytical and critical skills and an artistic sensitivity to contemplate the works of Romanesque period.

CO77: Build an understanding about the Gothic architecture, sculptures and paintings highlighting characteristics, components, style and aesthetics.

CO78: Construct and appraise the significance of Early Renaissance works in context to artists and their works.

CO79: Discuss High Renaissance painters, sculptors, architects and their works to classify subject matter, features, style, theories, techniques, materials and color palette to acquire employability and entrepreneurship skills to hold conversations at museums, art galleries and art meetings.

CO80: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading Assignments, Multiple Points of View

Learning Activities for The Students: Self-Learning Assignments, Effective Questions, Giving Tasks, Oral Explanation

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual And Group Projects

9.00

Unit I:

Byzantine period

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

9.00

Unit II:

Romanesque period

Romanesque Art: Sculpture, Painting, Architecture: St. Remi Church, Reims (1049) France, Notre-Dame, Paray-le-Monial (1090) France, The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun

9.00

Unit III:

Gothic Period

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

9.00

Unit IV:

Early Renaissance Period

The Early Renaissance artists and their works

Cimabue (Crucifixion and a Deposition,Madonna of Santa Trinita, the Madonna and Christ Child, the Flagellation of Jesus, the Virgin and Child)
Giotto (Decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel [2] in Padua [3] and the Basilica of St Francis of [4] Assisi [4]-the Life of St. Francis, Marriage at Cana, The Annunciation [5], The Last [6] Judgment [6], The Mourning of Christ, Bardi Chapel: The Mourning of St. Francis. The Kiss of Judas [7])
Duccio (Madonna and Child enthroned, Annunciation of the death of Virgin, Christ entering into Jerusalem)
Donatello Tomb of Antipope John XXIII [8], Beardless Prophet, Bearded Prophet (both from 1415), the Sacrifice of Isaac (1421), Habakuk (1423-1425), Madonna Pazi, Statue of St. George, Statue of St. John the Baptist, Equestrian monument of [9] Gattamelata [9]), David
Masaccio (Virgin and Child with St. Anne [10],Holy Trinity [11], The Tribute Money, The [12] Expulsion from the Garden of Eden [12], portraying St. Jerome and St. John the Baptist [13])
Brunelleschi

9.00

Unit V:

High Renaissance Period

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

Leonardo Da Vinci (The Christ, The Mona Lisa [14], The Last Supper [15], The Vitruvius [16] Man [16], The Adoration of the Magi [17], The Virgin of the Rocks [18], The Annunciation)
Michelangelo (The Biblical description on Sistine Chapel and the Fresco technique, The Last Judgment, The Pieta, David, the Moses)
Bramante (Architect)- Santa Maria presso San Satiro [19], Santa Maria delle Grazie
Titian (A fresco [20] of Hercules [21], Virgin and Child [22], fresco of Assunta [23], (The [24] Venus of [25] Urbino [25], The Rape of Europa [26] The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence)Giorgione (The Tempest [27], Sleeping Venus [28], Castelfranco Madonna [29], The Three [30] Philosophers [30], The Allendale Nativity/Adoration of the Shepherds, The Test of Fire of Moses, The Judgment of Solomon)
Raphael (Drawings, The School of Athens [31], Mond Crucifixion [32], Brera [33]Wedding of the [34] Virgin [34], Coronation of the Virgin [35], Saint George and the Dragon, The Madonna of the Meadow, Deposition of Christ [36])

Essential Readings:

Janson's History of Art : The Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Western [37] Tradition [37].
Art: A World History : Elke Linda Buchholz, Susanne Kaeppele
The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction : Jerry Brotton
The Story of Art :Cambrich,E.H.
Herbert Read, A concise history of modern painting, Thames & Hudson, 1967 reprint
H.H. Arnason, A History of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Revised reprint
David Britt, Modern Art, Thames & Hudson, 1989 reprint
Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, Phaidon & Los Angeles County Museum, 1971
John Elderfield, The “Wild Beasts”: Fauvism and its affinities, MOMA, 1976
Pontus Hulton, Futurism & Futurisms, Thames & Hudson, 1987
Renata Negri, Matisse & the Fauves, Lamplight Publishing Inc., 1975
Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1984
William S. Rubin, Dada, Surrealism & their heritage, MOMA, 1968
John Elderfield, The cut-outs of Henri Matisse, Thames & Hudson, 1978
Norbert Lynton, Klee, Hamlyn, 1975Frank Whitford, Kandinsky, Paul Hamlyn, 1987
Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, (Centennial exhibition catalogue),Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971
Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, Phaidon Press, 1974/78
Mary L. Leukoff, Rodin in his time, Thames & Hudson & Los Angeles County Museum, 1994 Franco Russoli (intro), Henry Moore: Sculpture, EditionesPoligrafa, 1981

References:

Suggested Readings:

JOA - Journal of Arts
ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities

E-Resources:

https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-art-janson/page/70/mode/2u [38]
https://www.theartstory.org/ [39]
https://www.khanacademy.org/ [40]
https://www.jstor.org/ [41]

Academic Year:

2025-2026 [42]

Source URL: https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/history-western-art-medieval-theory-32

Links:
[1] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/history-western-art-medieval-theory-32
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappella_degli_Scrovegni
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Francesco%2C_Assisi
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Judgement
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Antipope_John_XXIII
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_monument_of_Gattamelata&action=edit
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_and_Child_with_St._Anne_%28Masaccio%29
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_%28Masaccio%29
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expulsion_from_the_Garden_of_Eden_%28Masaccio%29
[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Jerome_and_St._John_the_Baptist_%28Masaccio%29&action=edit
[14] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa
[15] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_%28Leonardo%29
[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man
[17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adoration_of_the_Magi
[18] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_the_Rocks
[19] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_presso_San_Satiro
[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco
[21] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules
[22] http://www.wga.hu/art/t/tiziano/3religio/gipsymad.jpg
[23] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assunta
[24] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%C3%AB
[25] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Urbino
[26] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28mythology%29
[27] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_%28painting%29
[28] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Venus
[29] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelfranco_Madonna
[30] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Philosophers
[31] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens
[32] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mond_Crucifixion
[33] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brera
[34] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_the_Virgin_%28Raphael%29
[35] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Virgin
[36] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deposition_%28Raphael%29
[37] https://www.amazon.in/Jansons-History-Art-Tradition-MyArtsLab/dp/1447901320/ref%3Dsr_1_5?dchild=1&hvadid=73117600950273&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=history%2Bof%2Bwestern%2Bart&qid=1604301912&sr=8-5&tag=msndeskstdin-21
[38] https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-art-janson/page/70/mode/2u
[39] https://www.theartstory.org/
[40] https://www.khanacademy.org/
[41] https://www.jstor.org/
[42] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026

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