Lecture Schedule Week I Chronology of the Middle Ages Aug. 28 History of the Church Techniques and media of medieval painting (wall painting, mosaic, illumination, stained glass) Workbook Units 1A, 1B, 50, 51 Section: Media: Ex. 51 W section: Critical Reading: Painting Week II Methods: manuals, sketchbooks, and the concept of copying Sept. 4 Iconic and narrative traditions Iconography: Old and New Testament subject matter and typology; The Life of Christ Workbook Units 52, 53, 54, 56 Section: Ex. 53, 56 W Section: Critical Reading, Painting Week III Iconography continued: The Saints, Secular Themes, Portraits, Sept. 11 Symbols Introduction to Style: Concepts of stylistic analysis Early Christian and Early Medieval Workbook Units 55, 57, 58, 59, 101, 102, 103 Section: non-biblical subjects; style. Ex. 58, 59, 103 W Section: Critical Reading: Painting Week IV Style continued, Carolingian through Pre-Romanesque Sept. 18 Workbook Units 104, 105, 106, 107 Section: use of manuscript facsimiles in Frick Fine Arts Library W Section: Discussion of Painting Written Paper W Section: First Draft of Painting Paper due Sept. 20 Week V Style Continued, Romanesque and Gothic Sept. 25 Non-figurative elements of style Workbook Units 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 Section: Style. Ex. 104, 105, 107, 109, 113 Regular Section: Written paper for Painting due Sept. 27 W Section: review of painting written paper W Section: Revised paper due Sept. 27 Week VI Introduction to architecture: architectural style Oct. 2 Plans and their development Workbook Units 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D Section: Chart of plans and summary of developments W Section: Critical Reading: Architecture Week VII Oct. 9 MIDTERM Section: Chart of elevations and summary of developments W Section: Critical Reading: Architecture Lecture Schedule, cont. Week VIII Elevations and their development Oct. 16 Vaulting and its development Workbook Units 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D Section: Chart of vaulting and summary of developments W Section: discussion of Architecture Written Paper Week IX Other structural elements: towers, buttressing, articulation Oct. 23 Decorative elements in architecture: arch forms, tracery, capitals, exterior sculpture Workbook Units 6A, 6B, 6C, 7A, 7B, 7C Section: Recognition of parts and their analysis; visit to neo- medieval buildings in Pittsburgh W Section: discussion of Architecture Written Paper W Section: First draft of Architecture Written Paper due Oct. 25 Week X Secular architecture Oct. 30 Problems in medieval architecture The Master Mason: sources of evidence Workbook Units 8, 9A, 9B, 9C Section: Recognition and analysis of styles as a whole Regular Section: Written paper for architecture due Nov. 1 W Section: Review of architecture written paper W Section: Revised paper due Nov. 1 Week XI Sculpture: media, techniques, context Nov. 6 Workbook Units 20, 21, 60 Section: three-dimensional and two dimensional form; Ex. 20, 60 W Section: Critical Reading: Sculpture Week XII Style: Early Christian, Early Medieval, Carolingian, Ottonian Nov. 13 Workbook Units 30, 31, 32, 33 Section: Iconography and style in sculpture visit to Carnegie Institute of Art, sculpture hall and medieval gallery W Section: Critical Reading: Sculpture Week XIII Style: Romanesque: Early Gothic: Transitional, c. 1200 Nov. 20 Workbook Units 34, 35, 36 Section: Style Ex. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 W Section: discussion of Sculpture Written Paper W Section: First Draft of Sculpture Written Paper due Nov. 25 Week XIV Style: High and Late Gothic: 13th c., 14th c., c. 1400 Dec. 4 Workbook Units 37, 38, 39 Section: Style Ex. 37, 38, 39 Regular Section: Sculpture Written Paper due Dec. 6 W Section: review of Sculpture Written Paper W Section: Revised paper due Dec. 6 Week XV Dec. 11 FINAL