DU2767 Medieval Objects & Modern Theories

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Herbert Kessler (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
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
Much attention has been paid during the past two decades to the medieval object, that is, to the physical aspects of art (as opposed to style and iconography) that engage materiality, portability, function, performance, and apprehension, . Drawing on my own research, I shall discuss five topics related to this subject: 1) theory of sanctified objects, 2) the expanded field of study (relics and natural things), 3) collecting, 4) activation, 5) problems and opportunities.
Syllabus
  • 1) theory of sanctified objects, 2) the expanded field of study (relics and natural things), 3) collecting, 4) activation, 5) problems and opportunities.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Aden Kumler and Christopher Lakey, “Res et significatio: The Material Sense of Things in the Middle Ages,” Gesta, 51 (2012), 1-17.
  • Julia M. H. Smith, “Portable Christianity: Relics in the Medieval West, c. 700– 1200,” Proceedings of the British Academy, 181 (2012), pp. 143–67.
  • Jaś Elsner, ”From the Culture of Spolia to the Cult of Relics: The Arch of Constantine and the Genesis of Late Antique Forms,” Papers of the British School at Rome, 68 (2000), 149-84.
  • Lieselotte E. Saurma-Jeltsch, “About the Agency of Things, of Objects and Artefacts,” in The Power of Things and the Flow of Cultural Transformations, ed. Lieselotte E. Saurma-Jeltsch and Anja Eisenbeiß (Berlin and Munich: Deutscher Kunstverein, 201
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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