KLMgrB51 Mythology in the Ancient Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
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 the course is the understanding of the figural versions of myths in the evolution of the greek and roman civilisations
Syllabus
  • iconography of gods and their evolution, impact of the graduating civilisation and its esthetic pourposes iconography of heroes body language and differents topics pagan mythology and its heritage in the eary christian art
Literature
  • APOLLODORO. La biblioteca. Roma: Mondadori, 2006. ISBN 978-88-04-55637-4. info
  • Images of myths in classical antiquity. Edited by Susan Woodford. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xxvi, 305. ISBN 0521788099. info
  • CARPENTER, Thomas H. Art and Myth in Ancient Greece: A Handbook. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998, 256 pp. ISBN 0-500-20236-2. info
  • SHAPIRO, H.A. Myth Into Art: Poet and Painter in Classical Greece. New York: Routledge, 1994, 218 pp. ISBN 0-415-06793-6. info
  • KRAUS, Theodor and Bernard ANDREAE. Das Römische Weltreich. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 335 s. ISBN 354951026. info
  • KRAUS, Theodor and Bernard ANDREAE. Das Römische Weltreich. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 335 s. ISBN 354951026. info
  • ZAMAROVSKÝ, Vojtěch. Bohové a hrdinové antických bájí. Vyd. 3. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982, 478 s. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg. 1973. info
  • SASKA, Leo František and František GROH. Mythologie Řeků a Římanů. Edited by Jaromíra Hüttlová. Deváté vydání. V Praze: I.L. Kober, 1948, 267 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures and drills of mythological motifs and their specificity
Assessment methods
oral colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2012, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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