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From Hildegard of Bingen to Isabella D’Este, women played a defining role in the commissioning, making and experiencing of devotional art and architecture. This course explores the opportunities nuns, sisters, mystics, wives and widows had to express their faith, status and power by material means. Equally it focuses on the way in which such devotional works could shape women’s visions and modes of contemplation. Case studies are drawn from across Europe, with a primary focus on Italy and Germany during the period 1150-1500.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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From Hildegard of Bingen to Isabella D’Este, women played a defining role in the commissioning, making and experiencing of devotional art and architecture. This course explores the opportunities nuns, sisters, mystics, wives and widows had to express their faith, status and power by material means, including the financial circumstances that enabled them to realise their ambitions. Equally the course focuses on the way in which the objects could shape spiritual experiences and modes of contemplation. Close attention is therefore paid to the design of objects and the surviving traces of usage as means to determining their agency.
Case studies are drawn from across Europe, with a primary focus on Italy and Germany during the period 1150-1500. Objects of investigation will include rosaries, dolls, needlework, manuscripts, music, paintings, sculptures and architecture. Alongside the objects of investigation, we will look at the textual sources which help to evaluate the norms and conventions of women’s spiritual experience, including inscriptions, hagiography, confessional literature and vitae.
Coursework includes: poster, presentation and essays
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 11 | Feedback Weeks | 14 | |
| Feedback |
Students will develop their own questions in consultation with the course coordinators
Written feedback and additional verbal with student as required |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate a broad understanding of women as makers and consumers of devotional art and architecture during the middle ages and Renaissance. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Show a critical understanding of medieval and Renaissance discourses on gendered experiences of art and devotional practice. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of objects and texts critically evaluate for the interpretation of women’s materialised faith. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written and oral academic work in a class presentation on a defined topic, and an essay on a self-defined topic. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 5 | Feedback Weeks | 6 | |
| Feedback |
Students will present their posters to the group. Written feedback and additional verbal with students as required |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate a broad understanding of women as makers and consumers of devotional art and architecture during the middle ages and Renaissance. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Show a critical understanding of medieval and Renaissance discourses on gendered experiences of art and devotional practice. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of objects and texts critically evaluate for the interpretation of women’s materialised faith. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written and oral academic work in a class presentation on a defined topic, and an essay on a self-defined topic. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 8 | Feedback Weeks | 11 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback and additional verbal with students as required |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate a broad understanding of women as makers and consumers of devotional art and architecture during the middle ages and Renaissance. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Show a critical understanding of medieval and Renaissance discourses on gendered experiences of art and devotional practice. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of objects and texts critically evaluate for the interpretation of women’s materialised faith. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written and oral academic work in a class presentation on a defined topic, and an essay on a self-defined topic. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Demonstrate a broad understanding of women as makers and consumers of devotional art and architecture during the middle ages and Renaissance. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Apply knowledge of objects and texts critically evaluate for the interpretation of women’s materialised faith. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Show a critical understanding of medieval and Renaissance discourses on gendered experiences of art and devotional practice. |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate confidence in researching, organising and delivering written and oral academic work in a class presentation on a defined topic, and an essay on a self-defined topic. |
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