DU1366 Byzantium and the West

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Friday 10:50–14:55 K31
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
The aim of this seminar is to understand the diversity of relations between eastern and western parts of the former Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, and a deconstruction historiographic stereotypes that accompany these relationships.
Syllabus
  • - Historiographical introduction: Byzantium in space and time - Rome and Constantinople - Obelisk of Theodos in Constantinople, Santa Pudenziana in Rome - Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki, the Madonna della Clemenza in Rome - Santa Maria Foris Portas in Castelseprio, the Paris Psalter - Santa Maria in Torcello, palace chapel in Palermo - Mosaics in Chora in Constantinople, Pietro Cavallini in Rome
Literature
    required literature
  • Klein, Holger, « Eastern objects and Western desires : relics and reliquaries between Byzantium and the West », Dumbarton Oaks papers, 58 (2004(2005), ss. 283-314.
  • Weitzmann, Kurt, « Various aspects of Byzantine influence on the Latin countries from the sixth to the twelfth century », Dumbarton Oaks papers, 20 (1966), ss. 1-24.
  • Demus, Otto, Byzantine art and the West, London 1970.
Teaching methods
theoretical training, oral and written presentations.
Assessment methods
oral and written presentations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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