Special Topics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art in Western Europe II: Humanistic Themes, Symbolism, Emblematics

Special Topics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art in Western Europe II: Humanistic Themes, Symbolism and Emblematics focuses on selected iconographic contents– humanistic themes in the visual arts, symbolism and early modern emblematics. The exact content with themes and works of art changes yearly because the main point of the seminar is on methodology, analysis of art works and their interpretation in the context of Western European Art in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era. The topics are chosen to address in detail specific subjects or fields in order to enable students to broaden their knowledge, follow the proposed objectives and develop specific case-related competences. Students take part in scholarly research under the guidance of their mentor.

• Michael Camille, The Gothic Idol. Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art, Cambridge 1991 COBISS.SI-ID - 20078
• Simona Cohen, Animals as Disguised Symbols in Renaissance Art, Leiden 2008 COBISS.SI-ID - 67137890
• Arthur Henkel in Albrecht Schöne (ur.): Emblemata. Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts, Stuttgart 1967 COBISS.SI-ID - 9382754
• Johann Huizinga, Jesen srednjega veka, Ljubljana 2011 COBISS.SI-ID - 23760642
• Rudolf Wittkover, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, London 1989 COBISS.SI-ID - 5926969

The list of set literature is composed according to the chosen topics the and is prepared before the academic year begins. An additional specific topic-related reading list is composed in accordance with current work.