DU1710 Medieval Art: From Constantine to Giotto I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 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 even Friday 8:00–11:40 K31, except Fri 19. 4.
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 acquire 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". 5) To study the exceptional heritage of the Veneto region in the context of the production of Constantinople.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- Identify and summarize important features of the major moments of the history of the Christian East;
- undestand and critically analyze historiography and concepts related to this environment;
- produce an analytical study of selected artifacts;
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
    recommended literature
  • FOLETTI, Ivan. From Byzantium to Holy Russia. Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon, Rome: Villa 2017.
  • LOWDEN, John. Early Christian & Byzantine art. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 1997. 447 s. ISBN 9780714831688.
  • CORMACK, Robin a Ernest J.W HAWKINS. The Mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbu : the rooms above the southwest vestibule and ramp. Washington, District of Columbia: The Dumbarton Oaks, Center for byzantine studies, 1977. Strana 178. ISBN 088402072X.
  • Byzantium, 330-1453. Edited by Robin Cormack - Maria Vassilaki. 1st pub. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2008. 494 s. ISBN 9781905711260.
  • CORMACK, Robin. Writing in gold : Byzantine society and its icons. London: George Philip, 1985. 270 stran. ISBN 0540010855.
  • KITZINGER, Ernst. Byzantine art in the making : main lines of stylistic development in Mediterranean art, 3rd-7th century. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1980. viii, 175. ISBN 0674089561.
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture, theoretical preparation, output: oral test on the general knowledge of the "Byzantine art".
Assessment methods
The student will have to recognize, date and comment on 6 selected monuments of "Byzantine art". At the same time he or she will prepare a presentation about a monument, object or image of choice, agreed with the teacher.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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