Western Iconography And The Cult Of Saints Lm A 2024/2025

Il corso fornisce un panorama generale dell'agiografia medievale dalla tarda antichità fino al XV secolo. Poiché esso si rivolge a studenti di storia dell'arte, particolare attenzione verrà dedicata alle connessioni tra fonti narrative e fonti figurative e ai relativi contesti culturali e devozionali. Le figure dei santi della tradizione cristiana saranno oggetto di approfondimenti specifici, volti a far emergere i momenti più significativi del reciproco influsso tra topoi scritti e orali e arte figurativa.  Una parte del corso (10 ore) sarà dedicata a lavori seminariali in piccoli gruppi su letture critiche specifiche fornite dalla docente.

Bibliography:

- R. Bartlett, Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation, Princeton, 2013 [Chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, 13].

- Materials and readings provided by the instructors.

Reference books:

G. Kaftal, Iconography of the Saints in Tuscan Painting, Firenze 1952; Iconography of the Saints in the Painting of North East Italy, Firenze 1978; Iconography of the Saints in the Painting of North West Italy, Firenze 1985; Iconography of the Saints in Central and South Italian Schools of Painting, Firenze 1986.

BHL: Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis, Bruxelles 1898-1901; Novum supplementum, Bruxelles 1986.

R. Giorgi, Saints in Art, Los Angeles, 2003.

Assessment methods

Students showing to be able to deeply, critically analyze texts and images and to put them in the appropriate context will be awarded with marks of excellence (28/30L). Special attention is given to the articulation with which the student presents and delivers his ideas during the interview.

Students showing only a mnemonic knowledge of the course’s materials and delivering their interview with a fairly proper language at times inappropriate will receive average marks (24/27).

A sufficient or superficial knowledge and critical understanding of the course’s material will be assessed with sufficient marks (18/23).

Training gaps, inappropriate language skills, lack of mastering the material will result into a failing grade.