ARTH 101 Fall 1997
Second Paper Topic:
The second paper assignment for the class is a research project. We have
devised four broad topics from which you can choose your paper. The
basic bibliography for these topic have been put on Fine Arts reserve in
the Fisher Fine Arts Library. Be sure to read the thematic statement.
Your paper must address the themes outlined there. This paper is to be
7-9 pages in length. It is to have proper footnotes and bibliogarphy.
It must be well written, interesting, informative and to the point of the
assignment. Extensions will not be granted. Late papers will be dedcued
one half letter grade for each day of lateness. Be sure to discuss your
paper with your TA early so that you are clear on the assignment.
Topic I:
Ara Pacis
Roman Sculpture: public monuments and public messages
Discuss the sculpture of the Ara Pacis Augustus - both its iconogrpahy
and its style - in relation to the Res Gestae Divi Augusti written by
Augustus (excerpt in Wren, 123). What common themes and values are
expressed by both the visual and literary texts? What meanings does the
sculptural style itself carry, and how does this enhance the message/meaning of the
monument?
Ara Pacis Bibliography:
Boardman, John, et al. The Oxford History of the Roman World. (Oxford,
1991) basic Roman history textbook, on Rosengarten reserve
Kleiner, Diana. Roman Sculpture. (New Haven, 1992) solid, introductory
material on altar, with bibliography, on Fine Arts Reserve
Shotter, D.C.A. Augustus Caesar. (London, 1991)
short, yet detailed biography of the emperor - on Fine Arts Carrel 513
Simon, Erika. Ara Pacis Augustae. (Greenwich, 1968) 32 page picture
book, with detailed introductory text, already on Fine Arts Reserve
Valleius Paterculus. Compensium of Roman History, Res Gestae divi
Augusti. Loeb Classical Library. Translation by F. Shipley.
(London, 1924) Loeb series - Latin and English of the primary text --
in Classics seminar, FA Carrel 513
Zanker, Paul. The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. (Ann Arbor, 1988)
accessible scholarly discussion of Augustan politics and art, on
Fine Arts Reserve
Topic II:
Islamic Architecture and architectural decoration.
One of the holiest sites in Islam, the Dome of the Rock is also its
oldest extant architectural monument. Examine the uniqueness of this
building considering both its decoration and building plan in relation to
the socio-political and religious ideas that motivated its construction.
Some questions to keep in mind:
1. Why was Jerusalem, and more importantly the Temple Mound, chosen as
the location for its construction? How did this location affect the
artistic product?
2. Consider Early Ummayad taste in decoration and building plan
(including vegetable and epigraphic motifs as well as the odd octagonal
plan). Who built the mosque? Why? How does the decoration echo these
interests? How does the mosque's unique plan respond to Ummayad interests?
3. How were Byzantine decorative techniques and construction plan
combined to make an emblematic Islamic building?
The basic bibliography is:
Oleg Grabar and Richard Ettinghausen. The Art and Architecture of Islam
650-1250. New York: Viking Penguin, 1987. p. 28-30
Grabar, Oleg. The Dome of the Rock. New York: Rizzoli, 1996.
Look at it completely, it is new, and has superb photos.
Grabar, Oleg. The Formation of Islamic Art. New Haven: Yale U Press,
1987. Pp. 46-63
------ The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem. Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1996.
Creswell, KAC. Early Muslim Architecture: Ummayads, Abbasids and
Tulunids. VOL. 1 Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959 (?) pp. 67-76
This is essential for the architectural area.
Other important sources mainly for research on decoration:
Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton U. Press.,
1992. pp. 47-118. Chapter on the Intermediary of Writing. It is good for
background work.
Rosen-Ayalon, Myriam. The Early Islamic Monuments of al-Haram al-Sharif:
An iconographic study. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1989.
Grabar, Oleg. The Ummayad Dome of the Rock in Ars Orientalis 3 (1959) pp.
33-62
Topic III:
Gothic Architecture
In Nationale Divinorum Officiorum (Wren, p. 249-250) Guillaume Durandi
discusses the significance of individual features of Gothic architecture
and their relationship to function and use. Apply Durandi's rationale to
Chartres Cathedral by exploring his philosophies as they relate to the
physical forms of this monument.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bony, Jean. French Gothic Architecture of the 12th and 13th Centuries.
(Berkeley:University of California Press, 1983.)
Fine Arts Reserve -- NA5543 .B66 1983
Frankl, Paul. Gothic Architecture. (Baltimore: Penguin Books 1963, c1962)
Fine Arts Reserve -- 723.5 F857.2.EP
Carrel # 227 -- 723.5 F857.2.EP
Carrel # 227 -- 723.5 F857.2.EP
Frankl, Paul. The Gothic: Literary Sources and Interpretations through
Eight Centuries. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1960.)
Fine Arts Reserve pt. 1 & pt.2 -- NA440 .F7 1960a
Jantzen, Hans. High Gothic, the Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims,
Amiens. (New York:, Minerva Press, 1962).
Fine Arts Reserve -- NA453 .J2313
Simson, Otto Georg von. The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic
Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order. (Princeton : Princeton
University Press, 1974, c1962.)
Fine Arts Reserve -- NA4830 .S5 1974
Grodecki, Louis. Gothic Architecture. (New York: Electa/Rizzoli, 1985.)
Fine Arts Reserve -- NA480 .G7613 1985
Adams, Henry. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres. (New York: Putnam, 1980)
Fine Arts -- recalled -- DC801.M7515 A3 1980
Fine Arts Reserve -- *DC801.M7515 A3 1957
Branner, Robert. Chartres Cathedral. (New York, Norton, 1969.)
Fine Arts -- Recalled -- NA5551.C5 B7
Henderson, George. Chartres. (Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1968.)
Fine Arts -- Recalled --NA5551.C5 H34
Topic IV:
Late Medieval Panel Painting in Europe.
In the Philadelphia Museum of Art displayed in the first case in gallery
210 of the Johnson Collection is a small panel painting which is attributed
to an immediate follower of Giotto.
click here to see image
It is based on the cycle of frescos painted by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel
in Padua. Relate this panel painting to the original cycle of Giotto.
What were the functions of such narrative cycles in churches. What are
the characteristic of the pictorial style. How did they differ from
earlier representations used in the Christian Church?
Author: Guillaud, Jacqueline
Title: Giotto: architect of color and form
Publisher: New York, N.Y.:C.N. Potter, c 1987
Call No. :ND 623 G6 G85 1987
Author: Cole, Bruce, 1938-
Title: Giotto: the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Publisher: New York: George Braziller, 1993
Location: Fine Arts Library Reserve
Call No. : ND623. G6 C58 1993
Author: Hartt, Frederick.
Title: History of Italian Renaissance art : painting, sculpture,architecture
Edition: 4th ed. / edited by David G. Wilkins.
Publisher:Englewood Cliff, N.J. : Prentice Hall ; New York : H.N.Abrams,
1994.
Location: Fine Arts Library Reserve
Call No.: N6915 H37 1994
Author: Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Title: Giotto to D
rer : early Renaissance painting in the National
Gallery / Jill Dunkerton ... [et al.].
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press ; London : NationalGallery
Publications, c1991.
Location: Fine Arts Library Reserve
Call no. :ND 144 N38 1991
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Title: Art in the making : Italian painting before 1400 / David
Publisher: London : National Gallery, 1989.
Location: Fine Arts Library Reserve
Call Number: ND615 .G72 1989
Author: White, John
Title: Art and architecture in Italy 1250-1400 / John White.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.
Location: Fine Arts Library Reserve
Call Number: N6915 .W45 1993
Author: Moshe Barasch
Title: Giotto and the Language of Gesture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Location: will be on reserve in Fine Arts Library
Call no. ND 623 G6 B3 1987