KLB_111 Aegean pottery of advanced Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 M11
Prerequisites
Completion of the courses KLA_101 Byzantine Archaeology and KLA_007 Introduction to Byzantine Archaeology is recommended.
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
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Good knowledge of ceramic production in East Mediterranean from the 11th to the 16th century.
Learning outcomes
Student acquires a good knowledge of the medieval material culture in Eastern Mediterranean.
Syllabus
  • 1. Early Byzantine tradition
  • 2. Overview of the sources
  • 3. Early glazed pottery
  • 4. Development of cooking ware
  • 5a. Late glazed pottery - Greece
  • 5b. Late glazed pottery - Asia Minor
  • 6. Imports from Italy, Middle and Far East
  • 7. Transport and storage pottery
  • 8. Building pottery (roof tiles, bricks, floor tiles)
  • 9. Organisation of production and trade
  • 10. Overview of early modern pottery
  • 11. Central European medieval pottery
  • 12. Excursion
Literature
    required literature
  • BINTLIFF, J. L. The complete archaeology of Greece : from hunter-gatherers to the 20th century AD. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, xxiv, 518. ISBN 9781405154185. info
  • VROOM, Joanita. Byzantine to modern pottery in the Aegean: 7th to 20th century: an introduction and field guide. Utrecht: Parnassus Press, 2005, 223 pp. ISBN 978-90-6131-441-7. info
  • Byzantine glazed ceramics : the art of sgraffito. Edited by Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi. Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund, 1999, 270 s. ISBN 9602142618. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, excursion, study of AV materials.
Assessment methods
Attendance at lectures and presentation of seminar work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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