Art and architecture
AIMS
To explore how far early medieval art and architecture were the product of Roman influence,
barbarian influence, or of new needs created by the Church and the secular elite.
THREE SUGGESTED SUB-TOPICS
With regard to (a) architecture and (b) the visual arts
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How far was there a unified artistic culture throughout early medieval Europe?
How much was early medieval European art based on imitating Roman art?
How strong a divide was there between secular and ecclesiastical art in the Early Middle
Ages?
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDANCE FOR THOSE PREPARING THE PRESENTATIONS
Beckwith, John, 1964. Early Medieval Art: Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque. London: Thames
and Hudson.
Conant, Kenneth John, 1959. Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Dodwell, C. R., 1993. The Pictorial Arts of the West 800-1200. Pelican History of Art. Newhaven
and London: Yale University Press.
Henderson, George, 1972. Early Medieval. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Hubert, Jean, Jean Porcher and W. F. Volbach, 1969. Europe in the Dark Ages. London: Thames
and Hudson.
Hubert, Jean, Jean Porcher and W. F. Volbach, 1970. Carolingian Art. The Arts of Mankind.
London: Thames and Hudson.
Nees, Lawrence, 2002. Early Medieval Art. Oxford History of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, David, 1984. Anglo-Saxon Art: From the Seventh Century to the Norman Conquest.
London: Thames and Hudson.
ESSAY TITLE
'How far was early medieval art and/or architecture a pale reflection of Rome?'
PREPARATION FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SEMINAR
Hawkes, Jane, 1996. The Golden Age of Northumbria. Warkworth: Sandhill.
Henderson, George, 1972. Early Medieval. Harmondsworth: Penguin.