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Diploma of Higher Education in History of Art
Medieval art (core course A)
Credit / award
20 credits at FHEQ5
Start date
28 September 2010
End date
4 December 2010
Day
Tuesday
Time
7.15pm – 9.15pm
Venue
ACE Centre
No of meetings /
classes
6 meetings and 3 Saturday dayschools (23 October, 13 and 20
November 2010)
Dr Francis Woodman
No of gallery
2 gallery visits (6 November and 4
and guest lecturers
visits
December 2010)
£ 300
Course code
1011DCR509
Mary Allan Building
Homerton College
Hills Road, Cambridge
Tutor
Fee
For further information on
this course, please contact
To book
Academic Programme Manager or Administrative Secretary
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Tutor biography
Francis Woodman is a University Lecturer for the Institute of Continuing Education, University of
Cambridge, with responsibility for Art History. His specialist field is Architecture, from ancient Greece
to the Reformation. He has published a number of books, including the Architectural History of
Canterbury Cathedral and King's College Chapel. Dr. Woodman is also a specialist tour leader at
home and abroad for the National Trust and the National Art Collections Fund, amongst others.
Course syllabus
Aims
1. to enable students to grasp the range and variety of art forms employed by the medieval
church and society.
2. to identify the major shifts in style by period
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3. to understand better the complexity of production
4. to enable students to gain an overall picture of the purpose of medieval art
Content
This course will examine painting in its various forms – manuscripts, wall and panel painting and
stained glass, as well as sculpture and metalwork etc. We will trace the development away from the
late Antique revival of the Carolingians towards the more stylised and decorative forms of
Romanesque that finally made way for the more elegant naturalism of High Gothic.
Sessions will include visits to galleries and libraries to examine firsthand some of the world’s finest
examples of medieval art, while classes will illuminate such diverse topics as the iconography of
saints, English embroidery, wall painting and the production of paint.
Presentation of the course
The course, which mixes evening classes at Homerton, day schools at Madingley Hall and visits to
major collections in Cambridge and London, will be taught by some of the leading experts in their
field. Classes will make use of slides and powerpoint, while gallery and library visits will examine
objects at first hand. All students will be expected to access the online Virtual Learning Environment
and to submit assignments by uploading them to the VLE.
Weekly Lecture List
FW = Frank Woodman
ER = Eileen Rubery
SS = Shirley Smith
Tuesday 28 September
Homerton College
Tuesday 5 October
Homerton College
Tuesday 12 October
Corpus Christi College
Tuesday 19 October
Homerton College
Saturday 23 October
10.30am – 3.30pm
Madingley Hall
Tuesday 26 October
Homerton College
Saturday 6 November
Fitzwilliam Museum
Saturday 13 November
10.30am – 3.30pm
Madingley Hall
Saturday 20 November
10.30am – 3.30pm
Madingley Hall
Tuesday 23 November
Homerton College
Saturday 4 December
CH = Christopher de Hamel CV = Clare Vernon
SB = Spike Bucklow
SP = Stella Panayotova
MG = Miriam Gill
Romanesque Sculpture (FW)
Early Stained Glass (FW)
Library visit to Corpus Christi (CH)
Kingdom of Sicily (CV)
Opus Anglicanum and iconography of saints (ER)
From Lapis lazuli to the Virgin’s robe (SB)
Gallery visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum (SP)
Day-school – medieval painting in Siena and Florence (SS)
Day-school – English Wall Painting and Panel Painting (MG)
Topic tbc (FW)
Gallery visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum (ER)
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Victoria and Albert
Museum
Outcomes
As a result of the course, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to:
1. compare and contrast works of various periods for style, production and purpose
2. demonstrate that they have acquired an in-depth understanding of the production of medieval
art and objects
3. show that they have gained an overview of the richness of the various art forms when seen
within a single setting
4. exhibit a greater critical understanding of the meaning and significance of the individual
objects and art forms.
5. demonstrate the necessary research skills for the analysis and identification of subject matter
and iconography.
Student assignments
As this is a Diploma of Higher Education course (equivalent at least to second-year undergraduate
standard) it will require a strong commitment to reading and pre-class preparation. Students should
select one of the following topics and, in discussion with the Course Director, formally agree a
title for an essay of 3,000-4,000 words (and not exceeding 4,000 words, including references and
footnotes, but excluding the bibliography) which will enable them to demonstrate all the assessment
objectives above.
Sample essay topics (exact titles to be discussed and agreed with the Course Director):
The Rise and Fall of Mosaic in the West
Early Stained Glass and the resolution of its many problems
Martyrs and their Symbols
Students should attach to every assignment a signed and dated statement of authorship, stating
that the work is their own and that they have read the Institute’s guidance notes on plagiarism. This
statement of authorship can be downloaded from the VLE or copied from Appendix I in the Students’
Handbook.
Closing date for the submission of assignments: Tuesday 4th January 2011.
Student participation
All students are expected to take an active part in this university-level course by handing in work for
assessment to provide evidence of their learning on the course. Therefore, all students will be
expected to:
(i)
attend at least two-thirds of the classes and any fieldtrips and day-schools;
(ii)
participate actively in class work;
(iii)
undertake reading and assignments set by the tutor;
The award of credit depends upon the satisfactory completion of the above. The assignments will be
assessed against the outcomes for the course and the generic pass criteria given in the Students’
Handbook .
Students are expected to make sure that their assignment is supported by appropriate referencing
and that there is no danger their work could be suspected of plagiarism. They should familiarise
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themselves with the following guidance issued by the University of Cambridge and by the Institute of
Continuing Education:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/
http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/studying-with-us/information-for-students/plagiarism
Reading and resources list
MEDIEVAL ART
Alexander, J. J. G. Medieval illuminators and their methods of work, 1994
Backhouse, J. The illuminated page, British Library
1998
Beckwith , J. Early Christian and Byzantine art, 1979
Brisac, A Thousand Years of Stained Glass, (MacDonald, 1986
Brown, S. Stained Glass, an Illustrated History, Bracken Books, 1994
Brown, S. & D. O’Connor, D. Glass Painters, British Museum, 1991
Calkins, R. G. Monuments of medieval art, 1985
Caviness, M. The Early Stained Glass of Canterbury Cathedral,
Princeton. 1977
Caviness, M. Four Modes of Seeing, ed. Standinger Lane, E. et al,
Ashgate, 2009
Cowen, P. Rose Windows, Thames & Hudson, 1994
De Hamel, C. The British Library guide to manuscript illumination,
2001
Demus, O. The Mosaics of Norman Sicily, London, 1949
Byzantine Art and the West, New York, 1970
Dodwell, C. R. The Pictorial Arts of the West, 800-1200, 1995
Frisch, T. Gothic Art, 1140-1450, Sources and Documents, Toronto, 1987
Grodecki, L. & Brisac, C. Gothic Stained Glass, Ithaca N.Y. 1985
Hearn, M. P. Romanesque sculpture, 1985
Hicks, C. & Harries, I. Discovering Stained Glass, Shire, 1996
Lasko, P. Ars sacra, 800-1200, 1994
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Nees, L. Early medieval art,
OUP 2002
Ross, L. Artists of the Middle Ages, 2003
Schutz, H. The Carolingians in Central Europe, their history, arts, and architecture, 2004
Stoddard, W. S. Art and architecture in Medieval France, 1972
Stokstad, M. Medieval ar,t 2004
Sekules, V. Medieval art, OUP 2001
Welch, E. Art and Society in Italy, 1350-1500, OUP, 1997
Williamson, P. Gothic sculpture, 1140-1300, 1998
Zarnecki, G.
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English Romanesque Sculpture, 1951
Recommended reading for the day-school on 23 October 2010
Theme of the day-school: Opus Anglicanum and iconography of saints
Embroiderers – Kay Staniland
Medieval Craftsman series, British Museum Press 1991 (available secondhand from ABEBOOKS)
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Recommended reading for the day-school on Saturday 13 November 2010
Theme of the day-school: Medieval painting in Siena and Florence
Painting in Late Medieval and Renaissance Siena – Diana Norman
(Chapters 1 – 3) - Yale University Press 2003
**Giotto and Florentine Painting 1280 – 1375 – Bruce Cole
Harper and Row 1976
(Siena, Florence & Padua - Art, Society & Religion 1280 – 1400 – ed. Diana Norman
Vols. 1 & 2 Yale University Press 1995
**This book is now out of print but is still to be found in libraries and is available second hand.
If students cannot access it, there are sections on early Florentine and Sienese art in :
Art in Renaissance Italy – John Paoletti & Gary M. Radke – (Chapters 4 & 5) –
Laurence King Publishing 2005
The frescoes in San Francesco, Assisi and the Arena Chapel, Padua lie outside the scope of
this study which will concentrate on art within Siena and Florence. However, both are crucial
to the work of artists of this period so students are recommended to acquaint themselves with
the works prior to the day-school.
Note Students of the Institute of Continuing Education are entitled to 20% discount on books
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published by Cambridge University Pres (CUP) which are purchased at the Press bookshop, 1 Trinity
Street, Cambridge (Mon-Sat 9am – 5:30pm, Sun 11am – 5pm). A letter or email confirming
acceptance on to a current Institute course should be taken as evidence of enrolment.
Information correct as of
24 August 2010
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