Because the web is ephemeral, extracts of the required readings have already been printed out as a back-up and convenience for you. The full sites are linked below for your further exploration. Readings should be completed in time for the class immediately following. For example, those listed under "week 1" should be completed in time for class in week 2.
Most of our course material also comes from the web - from sites of all kinds and qualities. However, the course is designed to generate a cumulative research experience, and linking the sites in advance would blow that experience. But you will want access to those sites as the course progresses, so each set will become available on the relevant class day.
A History of the Eye by Paula Findlen, Stanford University
Brief History of Hearing Research by Alfred H. Gitter, Freie Universität Berlin Link fixed March 2008
Summary on the Appearance of Classical Beauty by Pippin Michelli, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
St Bernard of Clairvaux: An Apology (early 12th century), from Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook
Theophilus, On Divers Arts (mid 12th century), from Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook
Decrees and Canons of the Council of Trent, Session 25, 1563
St Sulpice Art by Brent Davitt
Pope John Paul II's letter to artists Easter, 1999 (parts XII to XVI)
Conversation with The Rev. Gurdon Brewster, from The Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, c. March, 2000
Modernist Church Architecture by Duncan Stroik, University of Notre Dame
Church Architecture for the 21st Century by Leonard Sweet, 1998, for Christianity Today
Modern Art and the Sacred: The Prophetic Ministry of Alain Couturier, O.P. by Thomas F. O'Meara, University of Notre Dame, Spring 1986
No readings
First World War
The Heritage of the Great War - large site with photographs, memoirs and more
Aberfan
The Aberfan Tragedy by "OzHeretic"
Aberfan - A Sermon in South Africa (possibly unavailable)
Aberfan - A Research Project by Iain Maclean and Martin Johnes (many links, including eye witness accounts and analysis of causes)
Laurie Lee in Aberfan the village and memories eight years later
Aberfan disaster predictions
Pictures of Aberfan Village
The Memorial by Lynn Constable Maxwell
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and some commentary
The A-Bomb and Humanity - photographs and survivors' art
Hiroshima Day! - collection of links on context, aftermath, photos, art
No readings
First World War Memorials and Cemeteries as Symbolic Landscapes in France and Belgium by Michele Fry (with illustrations)
Aftermath - when the boys came home (IE & NS6 only) by Mike Roden
Second Vatican Council, 1962-65 comments addressed to artists (scroll down to 3rd subheading)
Second Vatican Council, 1962-65 directives on sacred art
No readings
Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar by Stratford Caldecott, Plater College, Oxford
Built of Living Stones by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on the Liturgy (very long document! Check chapter 3 sections on The Role of Religious Art and The Artist Within the Christian Community
In Remembrance: Post-disaster rituals and symbols (pdf document) by Anne Eyre, Coventry University