Art 296, Winter Interim 1998
Itinerary and Syllabus

Required texts:

(S) W Stoddard, Art and Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1972

(CP) Course packet

PROPOSED ITINERARY

(* denotes one day's program, to be replaced nearer the time by specific dates)

Stop at PARIS (5/6 nights)

St Denis (S: 101-11, 289-92 on St Denis, 167-171 on Panofsky; CP on Dionysus, Suger)
- Joint Presentation on façade
- Presentation on choir
- Presentation on nave
  - recommended afterwards: Père Lachaise cemetry, or Sacre Coeur
Day-trip to Chartres (S: 153-64, 253-75 on sculpture, 173-89 on architecture; CP on vault dynamics, Emperor Frederick II)
- Local guide's presentation is highly regarded
- Joint presentation on royal portal
- Joint presentation on transept sculpture and stained glass
  - Return via Versailles
Notre Dame (S: 135-45; CP on University of Paris)
- Presentation on interior
- Joint presentation on transepts
- Joint presentation on façade
Ste Chapelle (S: 292-5; CP on Aquinas)
- Presentation on upper church
- Joint presentation on concept of upper and lower church
  - recommended afterwards: Louvre exploration; Musée d'Orsay
Cluny Museum (CP on Petrarch and Hortus Delicatio)
- Presentation on Gothic tapestry landscapes
  - recommended afterwards: Luxembourg Gardens, Eiffel Tower, or Pantheon, Sorbonne, Val de Grace
Louvre (CP on Pliny, Vergil, Ovid, Panofsky, de Piles, Poussin on beauty and concept)
- Presentation on Roman landscape, Judgement of Paris, Huntsmen sacrificing (mosaics)
- Presentation on Poussin's The Arcadian Shepherds II, Echo and Narcissus
- Presentation on Poussin's Christ Healing the Blind, Orpheus and Euridice
- Presentation on Titian and Giorgione's Fête Champêtre
  - recommended afterwards: Tuileries, Champs Elysées, Arc de Triomphe
  - other recommendations: Rodin Museum, Picasso Museum

To ORLÉANS (55 miles: 1'50") (stop)

Stop at ORLEANS (2 nights)

Orléans cathedral (Re-read CP on Aquinas, Panofsky)
- Joint Presentation on High Gothic
- Hôtel de Ville (explore)
To St Germigny de Près (15 miles: 30") (CP on Libri Carolini, Theodulf)
- Presentation on Theodulf's Oratory
- To St Benoit sur Loire (3 miles: 5")
  - Presentation on Fleury
- Return to Orleans (18 miles: 35")
To BOURGES (50 miles: 1'45") (stop)

Stop at BOURGES (2 nights)

Cathedral, pm (S: 223-33; re-read 173-89 on Chartres; CP on vault dynamics)
- Presentation
  - Joint Presentation on comparison with Chartres cathedral
- House of Jacques Coeur (S: 328-330)
- Musée Cujas (CP on Roger de Piles, Boucher on painting)
  - Presentation on Boucher
- Romanesque church of St Ursin with carved tympanum, am
  - Joint Presentation on church
  - Joint Presentation on tympanum
- To AUTUN via Nevers (85 miles: 2'45") (stop)

Stop at AUTUN (4 nights)

Roman theater, aqueduct and city gates (CP on Vitruvius)
- Presentation on Roman theater
- Joint Presentation on Roman city gate (Porte d'Arroux)
  - free exploration pm (to recover)
Journey to Vezelay via Avallon (36 miles: 1'15") (S: 52-3, 58)
- Joint presentation on Roman fortifications
to Vezelay (9 miles: 20") (S: 39-52 on Cluny cluster; 52 on nave, 69-70 on tympana, 113-19 on choir)
- Presentation on tympana
- Presentation on nave
- Joint Presentation on choir
return same route stopping at Saulieu (21 miles: 45")
- Joint Presentation on St Andoche, Cluniac derivative of Vezelay
to Autun (21 miles: 45")
Journey to Cluny (40 miles: 1'20") (S: 39-47; 58 on sacred numbers; 167-71 on Panofsky)
- Presentation
to Berzé (minutes away) (S: 80-85)
- Presentation
return via Paray (25 miles: 45" + 40 miles: 1'20")
- Presentation
- Joint Presentation on reconstruction of Cluny III
Autun cathedral, am (S: 42-52)
- Presentation on tympanum
- Presentation on interior
  - pm free
Journey to TOURNUS (35 miles: 1') (S: 53-56, 68; CP on vault dynamics)
- Presentation on the cathedral's vaulting systems
- Joint Presentation on Romanesque rejection of these systems
- Visit to International Centre of Romanesque Studies
Continue to LYON (50 miles: 1'40") (stop)

Stop at LYON (2 nights)

Gothic cathedral, am
- Joint presentation
Musée des Beaux Arts, pm
- Presentation on Poussin's Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
Out of Lyons, am, to VIENNE (25 miles: 45")
- Presentation on the Gothic cathedral
- Joint presentation on Roman and Gothic grave slabs
on to ORANGE (100 miles: 3'20"), pm (stop)

Stop at ORANGE (2 nights) (CP: on Vitruvius)

Roman remains
- Presentation on Roman theater
- Presentation on Triumphal Arch
- Joint Presentation on Triumphal Arches and cathedral façla;ade design
To NIMES (25 miles: 45")
- Joint Presentation on the Pont du Gard,
- Visit the Maison Carée
on to AVIGNON (25 miles: 45") (stop)

Stop at AVIGNON (1 night)

Palace des Papes
- Presentation on the landscape frescoes
- Joint Presentation on the late Romanesque cathedral
on to ARLES (13 miles: 20") (stop)

Stop at ARLES (2 nights)

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- Presentation on Roman arena
- Presentation on Roman theatre
- Visit the Necropolis
Romanesque church of St Trophime, pm (S: 25, 61, 65)
- Presentation on portal and sculpture
- Presentation on cloister
To ST GILLES (8 miles: 15") (S: 73-75)
- Presentation on St Gilles du Gard
- Visit Romanesque house

OVERNIGHT TRAIN TO VENICE

Stop at VENICE (6 nights)

St Marks, Library and Mint; Doge's palace
- Presentation on St Mark's (CP: on vault dynamics, Photius on Byzantine churches)
- Presentation on Library and Mint (CP: on local Roman remains, Serlio, Palladio)
- Visit to Doge's palace
  - recommended afterwards: S Zaccariah & Giovanni Bellini's altarpiece; Colleoni Monument
Il Redentore
- Presentation on interior
- Presentation on façade
  - recommended for completion: S Giorgio Maggiore
- The Accademia
  - Presentation on Giorgione's Tempestà
- Sta Maria delle Salute
  - Presentation
    - recommended: Sta Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, great altarpieces by Titian and Giovanni Bellini
Day trip to Vicenza
- Joint presentation on Roman remains
- Presentation on Palladio's "Basilica"
- Presentation on Palladio's Villa Rotonda
- Joint Presentation on interior decoration of Villa Rotonda
- return to Venice, via Padua (Giotto's Arena chapel)
Day trip to Villa Maser
- Presentation on Villa Maser
- Presentation on Veronese's decoration of Villa Maser
- Joint presentation/recap on Roman villas
SS Giovanni e Paolo
- Titian's Death of St Peter Martyr

(S)	W Stoddard, Art and Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1972
(CP)	Course packet

Art 296, Winter Interim 1998 Itinerary and Syllabus