General Course Information

Course Syllabus (January 12 - February 18)

Course Syllabus (February 23 - March 31)

Course Syllabus (April 5–21)

Writing Assignment #1

Lectures

1. January 14: When does the Middle Ages begin? The Transformation of the Roman World in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries
2. January 16: Theodoric, the Ostrogoths, and Ravenna
3. January 21: The Visigoths in Spain; the Lombards and Langobards in Italy
4. January 26: Early Medieval Art in Italy
5. January 28: The Franks and the Merovingians in Gall
6. February 2: The Anglo Saxons: Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
7. February 4: Hiberno-Saxon Manuscripts
8. February 11: Irish Art; The Book of Kells
9. February 16: Scandinavian Art
10. February 26: The Carolingian Renaissance: Charlemagne and his Court at Aachen
11. March 8: Carolingian Architecture and Church Reform
12. March 10: Benedictine Monasticism and the Saint Gall Plan
13. March 10: Carolingian Manuscripts: The Ada/Court School and the Palace School
14. March 15: Carolingian Manuscripts: The Reims, Metz, and Tours Schools
15. March 17: Carolingian Metalwork, Crystal, and Ivories
16. March 22: The Ottonians; Architecture and Bernward of Hildesheim
17. March 24: Ottonian Metalwork, Sculpture, and Manuscripts
18. April 5: Part I. First Romanesque Architecture & Part II. The Revival of Monumental Sculpture in the Romanesque Period. Capitals and Reliefs
19. April 7: The Pilgrimage Road: Pilgrimage, Relics, and Architecture
20. April 12: High Romanesque Sculpture. The Great Portal
21. April 14: The Cluniacs and the Cistercians
22. April 19: Image making in the Romanesque Period