DU1375 Proseminra: Europe, Carlemagne dynasty: manuscripts, ivory carvings, luxury

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 10:50–14:55 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 seminar aims to familiarize students with art production in Europe during VIII. and IX. century. The seminar will relativize the concept of "Carolingian art", will replace this concept in the historiographical context, and will point out the complexity of artistic situation in Europe from Rome to France and Aachen. Finally, the seminar focuses on issues relating to the legitimacy of representing Christ, the Mother of God and the Saints.
Syllabus
  • - The destroted mosaics of the Triclinium lateranensis - The mosaics of the Church of St. Prassede in Rome - Theodulf of Orlean and Germigny-des-Pres - The Palatine Chapel in Aachen and its bronze decoration - Evangeliary of St. Medard of Soissons - Aachen "coronation" manuscript - The bible from Tours - Ivories from the Lorsch Gospels - Flabellum of Tournus - Passion diptych of Milan - The Golden Altar of Milan - Reliquary of St. Foy of Conques
Literature
  • Anton von Euw, Évangéliaires Carolingiens Enluminés, Bruxelles 1990
  • Jean Hubert, Jean Porcher, W. Fritz Volbach, Die Kunst der Karolinger : von Karl dem Grossen bis zum Ausgang des 9. Jahrhunderts, [aus dem französischen übertragen von Nina Brotze und Franz Graf von Otting], München 969.
  • Wolfgang Fritz Volbach, Elfenbeinarbeiten der Spätantike und des frühen Mittelalters, Mainz 1976.
  • 799 - Kunst und Kultur der Karolingerzeit : Karl der Große und Papst Leo III. in Padeborn : Beiträge zum Katalog der Ausstellung Padeborn 1999, herausgegeben von Christoph Stiegemann und Matthias Wemhoff, Mainz 1999.
  • Herbert L. Kessler, The illustrated bibles from Tours, Princeton 1977
  • Marie-Pierre Laffitte, Trésors carolingiens : livres manuscrits de Charlemagne à Charles le Chauve, Paris 2007.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation, oral and written presentations by each participant, class discussion.
Assessment methods
An oral (45 min.) And written (10 pages of text, summarizing the current scientific situation) presentations.
Language of instruction
Czech
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