College Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ARTH 147. Visual Narrative in Medieval Art
This seminar examines how and why tendentious stories are told in pictures during the European Middle Ages and the various ways art historians have sought to interpret their design and function. After introductory discussions on narratology, the class focuses on an intensive study of a few important and complex works of art that differ in date of production, geographic location, viewing context, artistic tradition, and medium. In past years, these have included the Bayeux Embroidery of ca. 1070, the stained-glass windows of the Parisian Sainte-Chapelle of ca. 1245, and Giotto’s frescos in the Arena Chapel in Padua of 1303- 1305.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Eligible for MDST
Fall 2016. Cothren.
Catalog chapter: Art
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art
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