Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art I
2015-2016
Course code: 1516CCR102
COURSE SPECIFICATION
Information correct as at 7 May 2015
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Tel 01223 746222 www.ice.cam.ac.uk
Syllabus for Unit 1
Michaelmas term 2015
The classical world
Start date
6 October 2015
End date
15 December 2015
Day
Tuesday
Time
7.15pm-9.15pm
Venue
Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Course
Dr Francis Woodman
No of meetings
Director
Tutor
10 evening classes plus one fieldtrip
(31 October 2015)
Dr Eileen Rubery
Aims
•
To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the history of the visual arts in
Western Europe in Classical times;
•
To provide a broad foundation introducing students to the main ideas, current theories and
debates relating to each topic;
•
To develop students’ analytical skills as they read key texts of art theory and criticism;
•
To enable students to acquire analytical skills and good study practice and be able to relate
the works of art they see to their appropriate cultural and historical background.
Content
This unit will examine the painting, sculpture and architecture of the Greeks and Romans. Special
emphasis will be given to Greek vase painting, Roman wall painting, mosaic art, monumental
sculpture, portraiture and tomb design. Later sessions will focus on the Orders of Architecture, the
temple, materials, especially concrete, and the social context of so much Greek and Roman
building such as baths, circuses, palaces and houses, law courts and town planning. Opportunities
will be taken to visit outstanding museum collections.
Presentation of the unit
The unit will consist of a number of evening sessions with PowerPoint presentations and
opportunities for questions and discussion. There will also be a fieldtrip.
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Provisional weekly lecture list
ER = Eileen Rubery
FW = Francis Woodman
Session
Date
Content
Lecture 1
06/10/2015
Classical Art in Context: Introduction (ER)
Lecture 2
13/10/2015
Lecture 3
Fieldtrip (6 hours)
Saturday
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
.
Lecture 8
20/10/2015
31/10/2015
Classical art in context :
Egyptian and Fayyum art (ER)
Rome before the Romans: Etruscan art (ER)
Full day visit to British Museum (ER)
Lecture 9
08/12/2015
Lecture 10
15/12/2015
03/11/2015
10/11/2015
17/11/2015
24/11/2015
Classical art: the temple (FW)
Hellenistic architecture (FW)
Roman architecture in the West (FW)
Classical objects and Classical ideas: Coins
and Sculpture (ER)
01/12/2015
Classical objects and Classical ideas: Clothes,
jewellery and mosaics(ER)
Roman art including Pompeii and
Herculaneum (ER)
Roman architecture in the East (FW)
Outcomes
As a result of the unit, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to:
•
•
•
•
demonstrate knowledge of the principal works of each phase studied and their historical,
social and artistic contexts;
show experience of a range of critical, theoretical and practical approaches to the analysis
and evaluation of art history;
achieve a better understanding of the relationship between art history, social and political
events and other forms of cultural production;
acquire knowledge of useful and precise critical terminology and, where appropriate,
linguistic and stylistic terminology.
Student assignments
Students are required to write either an essay of 3,000-4,000 words
or
(a) a shorter essay of 2,000-2,500 words and (b) a short-answer exercise of 1,000-1,500
words.
Titles for both types of assignments are listed below and can be discussed beforehand with
the tutors.
If undertaking two assignments, these are weighted 60/40 (essay/short-answer exercise).
Essay titles
•
•
What does the art (or architecture) of death and burial tell us about the Classical
World? What makes this material so important?
How does the medium used for a work of art affect the final product? Select
specific examples to support your argument.
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•
•
What do the surviving artefacts at Herculaneum and/or Pompeii tell us about the
Classical period?
How did the pagan gods affect the art (or architecture) of the Classical period?
If students wish to create their own essay titles, they must be discussed and agreed in
writing with the tutor first.
Short-Answers Exercise
• Describe and critically assess an object or a site you have visited or discussed during the
term, placing it in the context of its social and/or political context.
• How do coins (or textiles, or architectural spoils) inform us about the classical past?
Closing date for the submission of assignments: before 12 noon on Monday 11 January 2016
(Greenwich Mean Time).
Students are expected to submit their assignments online and feedback on assignments is
delivered online.
Reading and resource list
Author
Title
Publisher and date
Beard, M and
Classics: a very short introduction
Oxford University Press
Classical Art from Greece to Rome
Oxford University Press
The Roman Triumph
Harvard University
Henderson
Beard, M and
Henderson
Beard, M
Press
Beard, M
The Parthenon
Profile Books
Brendal, O J
Etruscan Art
Yale University Press
Brion, M
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Paul Elek London
Boardman, J
Oxford History of the Classical World
Griffin, J & Murray, O
Boëthius, A & WardPerkins, J B
Butcher, K
Cannuyer, C
Doig, A.
Etruscan and Roman Architecture
Harmondsworth, 1970
Roman Syria and the near East
British Museum, 2003
Coptic Egypt: The Christians on the Nile
Thames and Hudson
Liturgy and Architecture
Ashgate, 2008
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Du Bourguet
Coptic Art
Methuen
Dunbabin, K
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
Cambridge University
Press
Elsner, J
Art and the Roman Viewer
Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph
Oxford University Press
London, 1983
Henig, M ed.
Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial
Rome
CUP 2005
Lawrence, A W
Greek Architecture
Yale and Pelican, 5th.
Edition 1996
Elsner, J
revised by
Tomlinson, R A
Lawrence, D H
Ling, R
MacDonald, W L
D.H.Lawrence & Italy (contains Etruscan
Places)
Ancient Mosaics
British Museum Press
The Architecture of the Roman Empire, vol. 1
The Architecture of the Roman Empire, vol. 2,
An Urban Appraisal,
Yale, 1982
Yale, 1986
Onians, J
Bearers of Meaning:The Classical Orders
Polidori, R. et al.
Libya, the lost cities of the Roman Empire
Cologne, 1999
Ramage, N H and
Ramage A
Roman Art
Cambridge University
Press
Spivey, N
Etruscan Art
Thames and Hudson
Walker, S and
Bierbrier, M
Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman
Egypt
British Museum Press
Ward-Perkins, J B
Roman Architecture,
New York, 1977
Zander, P
The Power of Images in the age of Augustus
University of Michigan
Press
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Syllabus for Unit 2
Lent term 2016
The early Christian world
Start date
12 January 2016
End date
22 March 2016
Day
Tuesday
Time
7.15pm-9.15pm
Venue
Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Course
Dr Francis Woodman
No of meetings
Director
Tutor
10
evening
classes
plus
two
fieldtrips (5 & 12 March 2016)
Dr Eileen Rubery
Aims
•
To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the history of the visual arts in
Christian Europe throughout the Early Christian era;
•
To provide a broad foundation introducing students to the main ideas, current theories and
debates relating to each topic;
•
To develop students’ analytical skills as they read key texts of art theory and criticism;
•
To enable students to acquire analytical skills and good study practice and be able to relate
the works of art they see to their appropriate cultural and historical background.
Content
This unit will examine the origin of the various church ‘models’, the liturgical needs of the new
religion as expressed in objects and buildings, the introduction of northern stylistic elements not
ultimately derived from Classical art and the needs of new organisations such as monasteries.
Presentation of the unit
The unit will consist of 10 evening sessions with PowerPoint presentations and opportunities for
questions and discussion. There will also be two fieldtrips, to see Anglo-Saxon churches on 30
January 2016 and to Cambridge museums on 12 March 2016.
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Provisional weekly lecture list
ER = Eileen Rubery
FW = Francis Woodman
Session
Date
Content
Lecture 1
12/01/2016
Lecture 2
19/01/2016
Lecture 3
26/01/2016
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
02/02/2016
09/02/2016
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
23/02/2016
01/03/2016
Fieldtrip,
Saturday
Lecture 8
Fieldtrip,
Saturday
Lecture 9
05/03/2016
The Christianisation of the Empire: The Tetrarchs,
Constantine and Theodosius (ER)
The origins of Early Christian architecture – the
basilica, baptistery, martyria (FW)
Early Christian art: The catacombs and titular
churches (ER)
Church architecture in the West to 600 (FW)
The development and decoration of the sanctuary
and holy spaces: apse mosaics, ivories etc (ER)
Church architecture in the East to 600 (FW)
The decoration of Churches before Iconoclasm;
Church doctrine, Iconoclasm and its effect on early
Christian art (ER)
Anglo Saxon churches (FW)
Lecture 10
22/03/2016
08/03/2016
12/03/2016
15/03/2016
Anglo-Saxon architecture (FW)
Fitzwilliam Museum and Classics Department
Museum in Cambridge (ER)
Insular art, Carolingian and Ottonian manuscripts
(ER)
Carolingian and Ottonian architecture (FW)
Outcomes
As a result of the unit, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to:
•
•
•
•
demonstrate knowledge of the principal works of each phase studied and their historical,
social and artistic contexts;
show experience of a range of critical, theoretical and practical approaches to the analysis
and evaluation of art history;
show they have achieved a better understanding of the relationship between art history,
social and political events and other forms of cultural production;
demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge of useful and precise critical terminology
and, where appropriate, linguistic and stylistic terminology.
Student assignments
Students are required to write either an essay of 3,000-4,000 words
or
(a) a shorter essay of 2,000-2,500 words and (b) a short-answer exercise of 1,000-1,500
words.
Titles for both types of assignments are listed below and can be discussed beforehand with
the tutors.
If undertaking two assignments, these are weighted 60/40 (essay/short-answer exercise).
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Essay titles
•
•
•
•
How did the pagan past influence early Christian art (or architecture)?
Why did it take over 300 years before St Peter’s was built in Rome? What were early
places of worship like?
What stimulated the emergence of the period of iconoclasm in the East and why was it less
of a problem in the West?
How did the art (or architecture) of the East and the West of Christendom differ?
If students wish to create their own essay titles, they must be discussed and agreed in
writing with the tutor first.
Short-Answers Exercise
• Describe and critically assess an object or a site you have visited or discussed during the
term placing it in the context of its social and/or political context.
• How do coins (or textiles, or architectural spoils) inform us about the early Christian period?
Closing date for the submission of assignments: before 12 noon on Tuesday 12 April 2016
(British Summer Time).
Students are expected to submit their assignments online and feedback on assignments is
delivered online.
Reading and resource list
Author
Title
Publisher and date
Beckwith, J
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Penguin,
Harmondsworth
Cormack, R and
Byzantium: Royal Academy Exhibition
Royal Academy
Vassilaki, M
Catalogue
Cormack, R
Art of Byzantium
Oxford University Press
Dodwell C R
The Pictorial Arts of the West 800-1200
Yale University Press
Conant, K
Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture,
Pelican, 1978 & later
800-1200
eds
Fernie, E
The Architecture of the Anglo-Saxons
London 1983
Gem, R, ed.
St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury
English Heritage 1997
Grabar, A
Christian Iconography
Princeton University
Press
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Hutter, I
Jensen, R M
Kessler, H L &
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Herbert Press
Understanding Early Christian Art
Routledge
Rome 1300: On the Path of the Pilgrim
Yale University Press
Byzantine Art in the Making
London (probably
Zacharias, J
Kitzinger, E
British Museum Press)
Krautheimer, R
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
Pelican, 1975 & later
eds.
Lasko, P
Ars Sacra 800-1200
Yale University Press
Lowden, J
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Phaidon
Byzantine Architecture
Electa, 1986
The Christian Catacombs of Rome: History,
Decoration, Inscriptions
Schnell and Steiner
Mango, C
Nicolai, V F
Bisconti, F &
Mazzoleni, D
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Syllabus for Unit 3
Easter term 2016
The medieval world
Start date
12 April 2016
End date
21 June 2016
Day
Tuesday
Time
7.15pm-9.15pm
Venue
Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Course
Dr Francis Woodman
No of meetings
Director
Tutor
10 evening classes and 2 fieldtrips
(30 April & 28 May 2016)
Dr Eileen Rubery
Aims
•
To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the history of the visual arts in
Western Europe in the Middle Ages;
•
To provide a broad foundation introducing students to the main ideas, current theories and
debates relating to each topic;
•
To develop students’ analytical skills as they read key texts of art theory and criticism;
•
To enable students to acquire analytical skills and good study practice and be able to relate
the works of art they see to their appropriate cultural and historical background.
Content
This unit will trace the rise of Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its associated sculptural
decorations, the rich local resources of paintings and all kinds of liturgical fittings such as
metalwork, embroidery and ivory carving. It will make full use of a visit to Ely Cathedral and will
include a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Presentation of the unit
The unit will consist of a number of evening sessions with PowerPoint presentations and
opportunities for questions and discussion. There will also be two fieldtrips, the first to the British
Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum on 30 April and the second to Ely Cathedral on 28
May.
Provisional weekly lecture list
ER = Eileen Rubery
FW = Francis Woodman
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Session
Date
Content
Lecture 1
12/04/2016
Around the Millennium (ER)
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
19/04/2016
26/04/2016
Fieldtrip 1
30/04/2016
Lecture 4
03/05/2016
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
10/05/2016
17/05/2016
24/05/2016
Romanesque architecture (FW)
Romanesque art: S Angelo in Formis and other
frescoed churches (ER)
British Library and Victoria and Albert Museum
(ER)
Rome and Florence: The return to naturalism in
art? (ER)
Early Gothic architecture to 1250 (FW)
The Gothic altarpiece and manuscripts (ER)
Sienna and its influence (ER)
Fieldtrip 2
Lecture 8
28/05/2016
07/06/2016
Lecture 9
14/06/2016
Lecture 10
21/06/2016
Ely Cathedral (FW)
English decorated architecture & architecture in
Europe around 1300 (FW)
Popes’ Copes: textiles and other church
furnishings (ER)
Late Gothic architecture in Europe (FW)
Outcomes
As a result of the unit, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to:
•
•
•
•
demonstrate knowledge of the principal works of each phase studied and their historical,
social and artistic contexts;
show experience of a range of critical, theoretical and practical approaches to the analysis
and evaluation of art history;
show they have achieved a better understanding of the relationship between art history,
social and political events and other forms of cultural production;
show they have acquired knowledge of useful and precise critical terminology and, where
appropriate, linguistic and stylistic terminology.
Student assignments
Students are required to write either an essay of 3,000-4,000 words
or
(a) a shorter essay of 2000-2500 words and (b) a short-answer exercise (1,000-1,500
words).
Titles for both types of assignments are listed below and can be discussed beforehand with
the tutors.
If undertaking two assignments, these are weighted 60/40 (essay/short-answer exercise).
Essay titles
If students wish to create their own essay titles, they must be discussed and agreed in
writing with the tutor first.
•
•
•
Why did the medieval cathedral become so prominent after the millennium?
How did pilgrimage influence art (or architecture) in the medieval period?
What was the effect of the Crusades on art (or architecture)?
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•
Discuss the role played by one named city in the development of art (or architecture) in the
medieval period.
Short-Answers Exercise
• Describe and critically assess an object or a site you have visited or discussed during the
term placing it in the context of its social and/or political context.
• How do coins (or textiles, or architectural spoils) inform us about the early medieval period?
Closing date for the submission of assignments: before 12 noon on Tuesday 12 July 2016
(British Summer Time).
Students are expected to submit their assignments online and feedback on assignments is
delivered online.
Reading and resource list
Author
Title
Publisher and date
Acland, J.
Medieval Structure: the Gothic Vaullt
Toronto, 1972
Bony, J.
French Gothic Architecture of the 12th. and
Berkeley, 1983
13th. centuries
Bony, J.
English Decorated Style
Oxford, 1979
Coldstream, N
Medieval Architecture
Oxford, 2002
Dodwell C R
The Pictorial Arts of the West 800-1200
London 1995
Erlande
The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
Yale University Press
Fernie, E
The Architecture of Norman England
Oxford, 2000
Lasko, P
Ars Sacra 800-1200
Yale University Press
Nees, L
Early Medieval Art
Oxford University Press
Norman, D (ed.)
Siena, Florence and Padua: Art society and
Religion, 1280- 1400 (2 vols)
Open University Press
Sekules, V
Medieval Art
Oxford University Press
Stalley, R
Early Medieval Architecture
Oxford. 1999
Toman, R (ed.)
Romanesque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
Konemann
Toman, R (ed.)
Gothic Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
Konemann
Welch, E
Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500
Oxford University Press
Brandenbourg, A
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Woodman, F
The Architectural History of Canterbury
Cathedral
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London, 1981
CERTIFICATE IN HISTORY OF ART I AMENDED 07.05.2015
TIMETABLE
Michaelmas 2015
The classical World
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Fieldtrip
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
06/10/2015
13/10/2015
20/10/2015
31/10/2015
03/11/2015
10/11/2015
17/11/2015
24/11/2015
01/12/2015
08/12/2015
15/12/2015
Lent 2016
The early Christian world
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Fieldtrip 1
Lecture 8
Fieldtrip 2
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
12/01/2016
19/01/2016
26/01/2016
02/02/2016
09/02/2016
23/02/2016
01/03/2016
05/03/2016
08/03/2016
12/03/2016
15/03/2016
22/03/2016
Easter 2016
The medieval world
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Fieldtrip 1
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Fieldtrip 2
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
12/04/2016
19/04/2016
26/04/2016
30/04/2016
03/05/2016
10/05/2016
17/05/2016
24/05/2016
28/05/2016
07/06/2016
14/06/2016
21/06/2016
Assignment submission dates are normally 3 weeks after final teaching session of
term.
Whilst every effort is made to avoid changes to this programme, published details may be altered without notice
at any time. The Institute reserves the right to withdraw or amend any part of this programme without prior notice.
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ
Tel 01223 746222 www.ice.cam.ac.uk
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