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Early Medieval Art (a survey of medieval art produced between 600 and 1050 CE)

Features of the course included two primary learning objectives:

• extensive knowledge of works of art produced in the early Middle Ages and an understanding of the importance of historical context in the discovery of original intended meaning;
• the intensive examination of works of art;
• the close reading of primary texts; and
• the interrelating of image and text in order to embed early medieval works of art in their original historical context.

Early Medieval Monasteries (a graduate seminar)

Features of the course included:

• analysis of the artistic production and consumption of select early medieval monasteries alongside examination of the broader material and intellectual culture of each individual monastery; and
  
• opportunities for students to present research at various stages of development.

History of Art 1 (a survey of prehistoric, ancient and medieval art from a global perspective)

Features of the course included:

• two primary learning objectives: first, the development of the ability of students to look closely and intensively at visual material, and second, cultivation of their ability to articulate what they see, especially through the precise use of art historical terminology;
• the incorporation of primary texts into class meetings in order to cultivate close reading skills and to provide opportunities to place works of art in their historical context through the interrelating of image and text; and
• the development of two longer-term student projects: “How a Work of Art Comes into Being” and “Image and Text in Ancient and Medieval Art”.

Professor Michael McCormick, Harvard University, March 2007 to July 2007

Prepared bibliography of Late Roman Sources in Translation and created a “Database of Ancient Shipwrecks.”

Charlemagne and the Birth of Medieval Civilization in the Core Curriculum, Professor Michael McCormick, Harvard University, Spring 2001

Conducted weekly discussion sections; critiqued weekly student responses to primary source readings; advised 15-20 page term papers; helped prepare and graded examinations; wrote letters of recommendation; and delivered lecture on Carolingian art.