KLBcA27 Seminar in Roman Art I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Bouzek, DrSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Greek art, basic knowledge of Roman history and Roman art
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 this course is to explain the complicated situation of the beginnings and principles of art in the Pre-Roman Italy, Early Rome and the constitution of the artistic synthesis in the republican Rome which includes interaction between its local principles and later also the influences of related patterns from Greek art. At the end of this course students should be able to understand the fundamental principles of roman art and their prestance and specificity in process of gradually accepted greek aesthetical form.
Syllabus
  • The beginnings of Rome - Rome of the kings
  • the late kingdom of the Etruscans
  • Early republican Roman culture of the IVth and IIIrd centuries
  • Principles of the Roman mentality
  • Beginnings of the growing influence of Greek culture
  • Formative period of Roman architecture and its principles
  • Republican portrait
  • Roman wall-painting in the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. (Pompeian styles)
  • Applied arts in Roman area and the influence of the Greek masters
Literature
  • BIANCHI BANDINELLI, Ranuccio and Antonio GIULIANO. Etrusker und Italiker vor der römischen Herrschaft : die Kunst Italiens von der Frühgeschichte bis zum Bundesgenossenkrieg. Translated by Herbert Schlüster. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1974, vii, 442. ISBN 3406030211. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
  • BIANCHI BANDINELLI, R. Römische Kunst. München, 1975. info
  • KRAUS, Theodor and Bernard ANDREAE. Das Römische Weltreich. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 335 s. ISBN 354951026. info
  • ANDREAE, Bernard. Schönheit des Realismus :Auftraggeber, Schöpfer, Betrachter hellenistischer Plastik. Mainz/Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1998, 336 s. ISBN 3-8053-2348-4. info
  • MANSUELLI, G. A. Roma e il mondo romano. Torino, 1981. info
Teaching methods
combination of lectures and exercises with analysis of the cultural background of this period, analysis of the written sources and preserved material and its characteristics
Assessment methods
active participation in the seminar, knowledege of the specialized literature in foreign languages, working with the bibliography are requested as conditions for the final colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=846
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013.
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