The Art of
TR,
Prof. Tina Waldeier BIZZARRO
Web Site: http://www.homepage.villanova.edu/tina.bizzarro
Book List:
de Paor, Maire
and Liam. Early Christian Ireland
Duckett, Eleanor Shipley. The Gateway to the Middle
Ages. Monasticism.
Harbison, Peter. Pre-Christian
Henderson,
George. From Durrow to Kells: The Insular Gospel
Books, 650-800.
Nordenfalk, Carl. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting.
Patterson, Nerys. Cattle Lords
& Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Ireland. South Bend, IN: Notre Dame
Univ. Press, 1994 (paperback).
Severin, Tim. The Brendan Voyage.
The
Book of Kells ed. Peter Brown.
The Voyage of St Brendan. Trans. John J. O'Meara.
Treasures of Irish Art, 1500 BC to 1500 AD (on reserve at Falvey Reserve Desk).
**Other readings will be
distributed and/or placed on non-circulating reserve in the library and
required throughout the semester.
**All students
will be given a list of Falvey Library Holdings (both Rare Book Room and
General Reading Room) pertinent to "The Art of Ireland", with
corresponding call numbers, for each student's research use.
***The following books are
optional purchases:
Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to
Writing about Art. 3rd ed.
Condren, Mary. The Serpent and the Goddess.
Taylor, Joshua. Learning to Look: A Handbook for the
Visual Arts. 3rd ed.
Glassie, Henry. Irish Folk History: Texts from the North.
Course
Requirements and Goals:
There will be two examinations, both of which will be
weighted more or less equally. One will be at midterm (SEE SYLLABUS), and the
second will occur during the final examination period. The nature of the
examinations will be discussed during class time. There are no make-up
examinations in this history of art course. Grades will be based on:
class participation: 20-35%
examinations: 40-45%
papers:
35-40%
These are
approximate percentages.
Class attendance is mandatory. Due to the nature of the
course, the inaccessibility and dearth of materials and texts, etc., missed
classes can not be easily recuperated. It is the student's business to obtain
material from missed lectures. Absences in excess of four will bring down your
grade one letter grade. Each day, an attendance sheet will be passed around the
room; it is the responsibility of all students to sign-in each day on this
dated sheet-even if you come in late. Please be sure to do this as otherwise
you will be considered absent when your name does not appear on this sheet.
There will be one short
in-class oral presentation required of each student, and questionnaires based
on Leon Uris' Trinity and the Voyage of Brendan
stories (see syllabus for dates).
Office Hours:
My office
hours will be on Tuesday and Thursday from
I am willing
to meet with anyone at our mutual convenience; however, I have more patience
for a well-planned visit than I do for an "anxiety phone call" the
evening before an exam. If you are having difficulty or want to discuss
something, please make an appointment with me in a timely manner.
If you have
any special needs, please consult with me asap.
Goals:
Above all,
this course seeks to stimulate an interest in and love of the visual culture of
While a firm understanding of the chronology of the art
of Ireland is certainly desirable, this instructor will be happy if students
are able, more importantly, to discuss objects with regard to technique, artistic
worth, and cultural ambient with some ease, at the end of this survey.