Romanesque & Gothic Art & Architecture (Fall 2005) Prof. T. Dale ...

Cathedral (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989). The following recommended texts
are also available for purchase: James Snyder, Medieval Art: Painting, Sculpture,
Architecture, 4th-14th Century (New York: Abrams, 1988); Roger Stalley, Early Medieval
Architecture (Oxford, 1999); Cecilia Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art, 300-1150 (Toronto,
1986); Teresa Frisch, Gothic Art, 1140-c1450 (Toronto, 1987)
Images, Lecture Lists and Website
A website is currently under construction for the course. It will include a printable syllabus
for the entire course and most of the essential images discussed in lectures. It can be
accessed from the Department Homepage at http://www.wisc.edu/arth/materials.html . In
addition, I will e-mail to you prior to each lecture a complete lecture list identifying the
specific monuments or works of art, terms and historical facts presented in class.
Fourth-Credit students will be required to meet with me for discussion of readings and
short presentations focusing on an independent research topic to be developed in the course
of the semester. We will meet on selected Wednesday afternoons, 5-6:30 pm in LVM120. I
also plan to take an obligatory field trip to look at medieval art in the Art Institute of
Chicago on Saturday Nov. 16. Please note that the fourth-credit meetings are not review
sessions and are intended primarily for highly motivated art history majors.
Sept. 3
I. Introduction: DEFINITIONS
Readings:
Petzold, Romanesque Art, 7-23; Camille, Gothic Art, 9-25.
What are the origins of the terms “Romanesque” and “Gothic”? What are the standard
formal definitions of Romanesque and Gothic? Why are these definitions unsatisfactory?
How do both Petzold and Camille seek to redefine these two periods?
Sept. 5
II. Romanesque Architecture of the Pilgrimage Roads
Readings:
“Pilgrims’ Guide to Santiago de Compostela” in Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art, 147-56;
Petzold, 115-21; Stalley, Early Medieval Architecture, 147-155
What motivated the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela? What religious and political
factors were involved in the orchestration of the cult of Saint James? What does the
pilgrims’ guide emphasize in its description of Santiago? How does the architecture of
Santiago relate to that of other major pilgrimage churches in France? How does the
architectural planning facillitate pilgrimage and other functions of each church? What
alternative schemes are deployed for pilgrimage churches elsewhere in Italy and France?
Sept. 10
III. Cistercians and Cluniacs: Romanesque Art & Architecture of the Monastic
Orders
Petzold, 100-114; Stalley, 167-189. Benedictine Rule, excerpts in Medieval Source Book
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