FF:DU0209 Christian Iconography - Course Information

DU0209 The Christian Iconography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Thu 10:00–11:35 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 ABC of the Christian Iconography

Syllabus

Main topics of the course:
Basic terms: iconography and iconology, attribute, symbol, personification, allegory, emblem
Survey of the iconographical handbooks and basic modern literature (see bibliography)
Literary sources of the Christian ikonography - Bible (Old and New Testament), lifes of the Saints (Legenda Aurea), theological and patristic literature, emblematic handbooks
Presentation and typology of the sacral themes from the Old and New Testament
Scenes from the life of the Saints, from the Church history
Attributes of the Saints
Christian personifications, allegories and emblems

Literature

Straten van, R.. Einführung in die Ikonographie. Berlin 1989
Waal van de, H. ICONCLASS. An iconographic classificattion system.1-9. Amsterdam 1982
Bible :Písmo svaté Starého a Nového Zákona : včetně deuterokanonických knih : český ekumenický překlad. Praha: Česká biblická společnost, 1993. ISBN 80-900881-7-1. info
JACOBUS DE VORAGINE. Legenda aurea. Translated by Irena Zachová - Václav Bahník - Anežka Vidmanová. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 444 s. ISBN 8070212721. info
Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie. Edited by Günter Bandmann - Engelbert Kirschbaum. Sonderausg. Rom: Herder, 1990, 36 s. ISBN 3451218062. info
SACHS, Hannelore, Ernst BADSTÜBNER and Helga NEUMANN. Christliche Ikonographie in Stichworten. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1980, 384 s. info
Pigler, Andor, Barockthemen. Eine Auswahl von Veriechnisssen zur Ikonographie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Budapest 1974
Künstle, Karl. Ikonographie der Heiligen 1-3. Freiburg i. B. 1926-1928
NOVOTNÝ, Adolf. Biblický slovník. A-P. Praha: Kalich, 1992. ISBN 80-7017-528-1. info
PANOFSKY, Erwin. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Edited by Lubomír Konečný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 372 s. info
Obraz a kult v Čechách 17. a 18. století. Edited by Jan Royt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8071846627. info

Teaching methods

Class and seminar 1.5 hour class per week.

Assessment methods

Final written test, and short presentatins or paper of a selected iconographical theme are requested.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.