DU1251 Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Kudlíková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to study of early Christian and Byzantine art: relationship between ancient heritage and early Christian art; new needs, objectives and forms
Syllabus
  • Early Christian art before 313 (the "Catacombs art")
  • Constantine the Great and "legalization" of Christianity
  • Art before iconoclasm: Roma, Constantinople, Ravenna
  • Macedonian Era art
  • Byzantine Italy
  • Palaeologan Age
  • Late and Post-Byzantine art
Literature
  • KRAUTHEIMER, Richard; ĆURČIĆ, Slobodan. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture. 4th ed. /. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1986. 553 s. ISBN 0300052960
  • Byzantium, 330-1453. Edited by Robin Cormack - Maria Vassilaki. 1st pub. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2008, 494 s. ISBN 9781905711260. info
  • HOLLOWAY, R. Ross. Constantine & Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, xiii, 191. ISBN 0300100434. info
  • MATHEWS, Thomas F. The clash of gods : a reinterpretation of early Christian art. Rev. and expanded ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003, xi, 242. ISBN 0691009392. info
  • CORMACK, Robin. Byzantine art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, vii, 248. ISBN 0192842110. info
  • LOWDEN, John. Early Christian & Byzantine art. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 1997, 447 s. ISBN 9780714831688. info
  • CUTLER, Anthony and Jean-Michel SPIESER. Das mittelalterliche Byzanz : 725 - 1204. Translated by Helga Weippert. München: C.H. Beck, 1996, 442 s. ISBN 3406412440. info
  • Kunst der Romanik: Malerei, Plastik, Architektur. Stuttgart: Belser, 1991, 196 s. : i. ISBN 3-7630-1876-X. info
  • Kunst des Frühen Mittelalters: Malerei, Plastik, Architektur. Stuttgart: Belser, 1991, 192 s. ISBN 3-7630-1875-1. info
  • VOLBACH, Wolfgang Fritz, Jacqueline LAFONTAINE-DOSOGNE and Milko BIČEV. Byzanz und der christliche Osten. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 424 s. ISBN 354951034. info
  • PARDYOVÁ, Marie. Přehled vývoje raně křesťanského umění: I. Echo Latina. 1990, vol. 1990, No 2, p. 23-27. ISSN 1210-7336. info
  • PARDYOVÁ, Marie. Přehled vývoje raně křesťanského umění: II. Echo Latina. 1990, vol. 1990, No 3, p. 32-36. ISSN 1210-7336. info
  • KRAUTHEIMER, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture. Edited by Slobodan Ćurčić. 4th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, 553 s. ISBN 0300052960. info
  • LAZAREV, Viktor Nikitič. Svět Andreje Rubleva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1981, 173 s. URL info
  • LASSUS, Jean. Raně křesťanské a byzantské umění. Praha: Artia, 1971, 196 s. URL info
  • Byzantské umenie. Edited by David Talbot Rice, Translated by Marian Fridrichovský. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Tatran, 1968, 282 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture with images
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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