Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis After a selective treatment of aspects of late antiquity and the earlier Middle Ages (with special emphasis on Rome and Ravenna), the subject will concentrate on the period c. 1100-1350. Topics to be considered will include the art of Norman Sicily and Frederick II's kingdom in south Italy; developments in Rome during the period; and the evolution of `proto-renaissance' painting and sculpture in central Italy during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, especially in the work of the Pisani, Giotto and his predecessors and contemporaries, and Sienese painting. The question of the survival/revival of the so-called classical tradition will be addressed critically, as will matters of terminology and definition (`Romanesque,' `Gothic,' `Byzantine,' `proto-renaissance' etc). Relevant socio-political conditions will be considered throughout the subject.
Assessment Seminar paper (1500 words): 25% + Essay (3000 words): 50% + Visual test (1.5 hours): 25%