DU1251a Introduction into history of Byzantium (330-1453)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 12:30–15:45 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
1) To understand the construction of the figural language of the Eastern Christianity in relationship with the antique and Late Antique traditions. 2) To aquire notions of space and time regarding the phenomenon of "Byzantine" art. 3) To orient oneself in constitutive historiographical problems for the creation of the notion of "Byzantine art" from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century. 4) To know the fundamental artistic works for the period and the space defined by "Byzantine art".
Syllabus
  • Constantine the Great and its capital
  • Art before iconoclasm
  • Monumental art in Rome, Constantinople and Ravenna
  • Luxury production: Ivory, manuscripts, ...
  • Iconoclasm; Macedonian Era
  • Art in Byzantine Italy
  • Cappadocia
  • Late and Post-Byzantine art.
Literature
    required literature
  • John LOWDEN. Early Christian & Byzantine art. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 1997. 447 s. ISBN 0-7148-3168-9.
  • KRAUTHEIMER, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture. Edited by Slobodan Ćurčić. 4th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press. 553 s. ISBN 0300052960. 1986. info
    recommended literature
  • Cyril MANGO, Architettura bizantina. Milano: Electa, 1977.
  • Claudia BARSANTI, Mauro DELLA VALLE, R. FLAMINIO, Alessandra GUIGLIA, Antonio IACOBINI, A. PARIBENI, S. PASSI, Silvia PEDONE, Introduzione all'Arte Bizantina. IV-XV secolo.
  • CORMACK, Robin. Byzantine art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. vii, 248 s. ISBN 0-19-284211-0.
  • Thomas F.MATHEWS, The clash of gods :a reinterpretation of early Christian art. Rev. and expanded ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. xi, 242 s. ISBN 0-691-00939-2.
  • FOLETTI, Ivan. From Nikodim Kondakov to the Hans Belting Library: Byzantine Studies as a bridge between the Worlds. 2016. info
  • BRUBAKER, Leslie. Inventing Byzantine iconoclasm. First published. London: Bristol Classical Press. xvi, 134. ISBN 9781853997501. 2012. info
  • From Constantine to Julianpagan and Byzantine views ; a source history. Edited by Samuel N. C. Lieu - Dominic Montserrat. New York: Routledge. xxi, 285 p. ISBN 0203422058. 1996. info
  • WEITZMANN, Kurt. Greek mythology in Byzantine art. Princeton: Princeton University Press. xviii, 218. ISBN 9780691612218. 1984. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture with images
Assessment methods
The student will have to recognize, date and comment on 6 selected monuments of "Byzantine art". At the same time he ot she will prepare a presentation about a monument, object or image of choice, agreed with the teacher.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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