KLBcB68 The image of the different. "Barbarians"in Greek and Roman art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Elisabetta Maria Gagetti, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Timetable
Fri 8. 4. 12:30–14:05 zruseno D22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the ancient idea of “barbarian” and its development • the use of the image of “barbarian” on Attic vase painting as representation of the “other from the self” • the use of the image of “barbarian” in Rome as representation of (subdued) enemies • the characterization through costumes of ethnic differences
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (ten 2-hour lessons): 1. “Barbarian”: one word for multiple meanings 2. “Barbarians” in the Attic vase painting of 6th and 5th century B.C.: Pigmies and Aethiops 3. “Anacreontic” and “Scythian” drinkers in Greek symposion 4. Attalus’s Gauls 5. Rome and the Germans: the “Varusschlacht” 6. The Roman triumph: the exhibition of the defeated barbarians 7. Costume as an ethnic indicator? 8. Barbarian women and the violence of war on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius 9. Peoples and provinces: the image of the subjects 10. The East of Rome: Parthian and Sasanian in Roman art
Literature
  • 2000 Jahre Varusschlacht. Edited by Stephan Berke. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag, 2009, 416 s. ISBN 9783806222807. info
  • 2000 Jahre Varusschlacht. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag, 2009, 428 s. ISBN 9783806222791. info
  • 2000 Jahre Varusschlacht. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag, 2009, 400 s. ISBN 9783806222784. info
  • LA ROCCA, Eugenio and Stefano TORTORELLA. Trionfi romani. Milano: Electa, 2008, 247 pp. ISBN 978-88-370-6063-3. info
  • DILLON, Sheila. Women on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and the visual language of roman victory. In Representations of war in ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 365 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-84817-6. info
  • LANDSKRON, Alice. Parther und Sasaniden: das Bild der Orientalen in der romischen Kaiserzeit. Wien: Phoibos, 2005, 225 pp. Wiener Forschungen zur Archaologie, Bd. 8. ISBN 978-3-901232-55-8. info
  • ZANKER, Paul. Le donne e i bambini barbari sui rilievi della Colonna Aureliana. In Un´arte per l´impero: funzione e intenzione delle immagini nel mondo romano. Milano: Electa, 2002, p. 63-78. ISBN 88-435-7266-0. info
  • FERRIS, I. M. Enemies of Rome: barbarians through Roman eyes. Stroud: Sutton, 2000, 214 pp. ISBN 978-0-7509-1908-1. info
  • POLITO, Eugenio. I Galati vinti : il trionfo sui barbari da Pergamo a Roma. Milano: Electa, 1999, 89 s. ISBN 8843569880. info
  • Provinciae fideles : il fregio del tempio di Adriano in Campo Marzio. Edited by Amanda Claridge - Marina Sapelli. Milano: Electa, 1999, 152 s. ISBN 8843569813. info
  • LISSARRAGUE, Francois. L´immagine dello straniero ad Atene. In I Greci: storia cultura arte societá / 2, Una storia greca. II, Definizione. Torino: G. Einaudi, 1997, p. 937-958. ISBN 978-88-06-14400-5. info
  • SEBESTA, Judith Lynn and Larissa BONFANTE. The world of Roman costume. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994, 272 pp. Wisconsin studies in classics. ISBN 978-0-299-13850-9. info
  • LISSARRAGUE, Francois. L´autre guerrier : archers, peltastes, cavaliers dans l´imagerie attique. Paris: La Découverte, 1990, 326 pp. ISBN 978-2-7071-1944-5. info
  • SMITH, R.R.R. Simulacra gentium. The ethne from the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias. The journal of Roman studies. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1988, vol. 78, p. 50-77. ISSN 0075-4358. info
  • LISSARRAGUE, Francois. Un Flot d´images: une esthétique du banquet grec. Paris: A. Biro, 1987, 158 pp. ISBN 978-2-87660-001-0. info
  • PALMA, B. Il piccolo donario pergameno. Xenia. Konstanz: Universitatsverlag Konstanz, 1981, vol. 1, p. 45-84. ISSN 0936-8663. info
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
Assessment Written examination: multiple choice test (in English; in particular cases only, after a previous written request to the teacher, a Czech version of the test can be supplied) • Ten questions about an image – already seen during the lessons – each one with three questions (of which only one is correct), according to the subjects of the lessons Requirements for the test: • Knowledge of the contents of the lessons • The reading of some texts in literature is suggested
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: předmět je přednášen anglicky.
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