Unit Code:	ARH2MEU
Alternative Unit Code:	ARH3MEU
Unit Short Title:	MEDIEVAL EUROPE C 600-C 1200
Credit Points:	20.0
Special Conditions:	This unit is only available as a fully on-line subject. Offered subject to sufficient enrolments.
Unit Description:	In this unit students consider the art and architecture of Europe in the Middle Ages starting in the Dark Ages, when the Roman Empire had declined, in the face of barbarian invasions. We analyse selected examples of the art of these barbarian peoples. The career of Gregory the Great spans the end of the ancient Roman world and the early Middle Ages. The rise of Islam in the seventh century led to the Muslim conquest of Spain and the subsequent campaigns of reconquest. From the tenth century the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela was most popular. The monks of Cluny promoted the pilgrimage. Students will look in detail at the Romanesque and early Gothic art and architecture to be found along the pilgrim routes through France and Spain, and at the art and architecture associated with monasteries.
Prerequisites:	15 credit points of first-year art history or co-ordinators approval
Class Requirements:	Students complete the equivalent of thirteen 3-hour sessions on-line via WebCT. This includes one presentation and one lecture online each week, with fortnightly exercises
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,000-word essay	40
five online exercises (1,000-words equivalent)	20
one 2,000-word essay	40	Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Recommended	The formation of Christendom	Herrin, J.	Phoenix Press Paperback 2001
Recommended	The Pilgrim's guide to Santiago de Compostela,	Shaver-Crandell, A. and Gerson, P.	Harvey Miller 1993
Recommended	Monasteries of Western Europe	Braunfels, W.	Thames and Hudson 1972
Recommended	Medieval art: painting, sculpture, architecture, fourth to fourteenth century,	Snyder, J.	H.N. Abrams 1989
Recommended	The Medieval Cult of the Saints	Abou-El-Haj, B.	CUP 1997
Recommended	Romanesque art	Petzold, A.	H. N. Abrams 1995
Recommended	The Cult of the Saints: its rise and function in Latin Christianity,	Brown, P.	University of Chicago Press 1981

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	On-Line	ALBURY-WODONGA
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	On-Line	SHEPPARTON
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	On-Line	MILDURA
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	On-Line	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Diane	Kirkby	BUNDOORA	Y